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JOURNAL 

OF    THE 

Proceedings  of  the  Society 


WHICH    CONDUCTS 


The  Monthly  Anthology  &  Boston  Review 

October  3,  1805,  to  July  2,  181 1 


WITH   AN   introduction 
BY 

M.  A.  DeWOLFE    HOWE 


Printed  from  the  Income  of  the 
Robert    Charles    Billings    Fund 


THE   BOSTON   ATHENiEUM 
1910 


ROBERT  CHARLES  BILLINGS  FUND 
PUBLICATIONS,     NUMBER     FOUR 


Contents 

Page 

The  Anthology  Society  and  its  Minutes    ...  i 

By  M.  A.  DeWolfe  Howe 

Constitution  of  the  Society 27 

Journal  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society    .     .  33 

List  of  Books  mentioned  in  the  Journal    .     .     .  259 

Officers,  Members,  and  Corresponding  Members 

of  the  Society 295 

Collation  of  the  Monthly  Anthology  ....  305 

Contributors  to  the  Monthly  Anthology      .     .  315 

Index 329 


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Illustrations 


Title-page  of  the  Monthly  Anthology Frontispiece 

Facing  Page 
The  Rev.  John  Sylvester  John  Gardiner,  D.D lo 

From  the  portrait  by  Stuart  owned  by  Mrs.  John  G.  Gushing,  in  Updike's 
History  of  the  Narragansett  Church.      Lent  by  D.  B.  Updike,  Esq. 

William  Tudor,  Junior 20 

From  the  portrait  by  Sully  after  Stuart,  owned  by  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 

The  West  Side  of  Congress  Street,  1808 

Reconstructed  from  authentic  sources,  and  drawn  by  Lawrence  Park,  Esq. 

Milk  Street  to  Water  Street 72 

Water  Street  to  Salter's  Court,  showing  Joy's  Buildings, 

first  home  of  the  Anthology  Reading  Room      ...        74 

Salter's  Court  to  State  Street jS 

James  Savage 100 

From  the  marble  bust  by  John  C.  King.     Photogravure  plate  lent  by  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

William  Smith  Shaw 172 

From  the  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 

The  Rev.  William  Emerson 215 

From  an  engraving  in  The  Polyanthos  for  May,  1 8 1  a. 

The  Rev.  John  T.  Kirkland,  LL.D 248 

From  the  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  Thornton  K.  Lothrop,  Esq. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Thacher 298 

From  a  lithograph  by  Pendleton. 


THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY  AND   ITS 
MINUTES 

By  M.    a.    DeWOLFE    HOWE 

A   TRUSTEE   OF   THE    BOSTON   ATHENiEUM 


THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY  AND  ITS  MINUTES 

By  M.  a.   DeWOLFE   HOWE 

What  was  the  Anthology  Society,  and  why  should 
the  Boston  Athenseum,  nearly  a  hundred  years  after 
the  Society  expired,  publish  its  minutes  ?  Let  the 
second  question  be  answered  first  by  saying  what 
is  already  well  known  and  amply  recorded,^  what 
indeed  the  minutes  set  forth  in  original  outline,  — 
that  the  Athenaeum  owes  its  very  existence  to  the 
Anthology  Society.  Honorably  to  preserve  these 
records  is  therefore  a  filial  office  akin  to  that  of  the 
person  who  seeks  out  the  memorials  of  his  ancestors 
and  gives  them  a  permanent  form.  The  manuscript 
minutes  themselves  are  sure  of  preservation,  for  in 
1848  George  Ticknor,  the  last  Secretary  of  the  So- 
ciety, presented  them  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society.  By  the  permission  of  that  society  they  are 
now  taken  from  their  retirement  and  rendered  acces- 
sible to  many  inheritors  of  the  good  things,  local  and 
general,  which  the  Anthology  Society  established. 
To   give   some   idea   of  the    Anthology   Society   itself 

^  See  "The  History  of  the  Boston  Athenasum,"  by  Josiah  Quincy,  page 
II,  and  "The  Athenaeum  Centenary,"  page  23. 


4  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

is  the  primary  purpose  of  these  words  of  introduction 
to  the  minutes. 

In  November  of  1803  there  appeared  in  Boston 
the  first  number  of  the  first  volume  of  "The  Monthly 
Anthology;  or  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature^  edited  by 
"Sylvanus  Per-Se."  The  editor's  true  name  was  David 
Phineas  Adams.  He  was  a  studious  youth  of  Lex- 
ington who  had  graduated  from  Harvard  College  but 
two  years  before.  For  six  months  —  from  November 
of  1803  to  April  of  1804,  inclusive  —  he  continued 
in  charge  of  the  young  magazine.  The  bound  copy 
of  it  in  the  Athenaeum  has  signatures  in  manuscript 
under  many  of  the  contributions.  Evidently  the  edi- 
tor was  also  the  chief  contributor,  though  other 
names  than  his  appear,  among  them  that  of  W.  E. 
Channing.  From  the  title-page  of  the  May  (1804) 
number  the  name  of  "Sylvanus  Per-Se"  disappeared. 
Instead  of  being  "  Printed  and  Sold  by  E.  Lincoln, 
Water-Street,"  it  was  "  Pubhshed  by  Munroe  & 
Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street,  Boston."  The  pub- 
lishers placed  the  editorship  in  the  hands  of  the  Rev. 
William  Emerson,  minister  of  the  First  Church  in 
Boston,  thirty-five  years  old,  and  father  of  a  son, 
born  the  year  before,  who  was  destined  to  make  the 
name  of  Emerson  familiar  wherever  the  English 
speech  is  known.  Through  May,  June,  and  July 
the  periodical  was  called  T'he  Monthly  Anthology :  or^ 
Massachusetts  Magazine.  Then,  in  August,  it  be- 
came  The  Monthly  Anthology^   and  Boston  Review^  a 


THE  SOCIETY  AND   ITS   MINUTES         5 

title  which  it  retained  through  its  last  issue  in  June 
of  181 1.  In  the  final  volumes  the  title-page  bore 
also  the  words,  which  might  have  been  used  almost 
from  the  beginning,  "  Edited  by  a  Society  of  Gen- 
tlemen." Even  if  the  manuscript  signatures  in 
Volume  I  of  the  Athenaeum  set  of  I'he  Monthly 
Anthology  did  not  show  that  the  new  editorship  had 
greatly  enriched  its  sources  of  supply,  the  contribu- 
tions themselves  would  tell  the  story,  for  they  show 
a  marked  gain  in  strength  and  variety.  The  con- 
tributors about  to  form  the  Anthology  Society,  in  1805, 
were  beginning  to  assemble. 

When  the  first  fourteen  numbers,  ending  with 
December  of  1804,  were  brought  together  into  the 
first  volume,  they  were  provided  with  a  Preface, 
signed  in  manuscript  in  the  Athenaeum  copy,  "  W. 
Emerson."  This  Preface  expresses  so  well  the  spirit 
of  the  undertaking,  and  offers  such  palpable  assist- 
ance in  the  task  of  making  one's  self,  for  the  mo- 
ment, contemporaneous  with  it  all,  that,  in  spite  of 
its  length,  it  seems  well  to  copy  it  entire. 

PREFACE 

Although  we  have  the  feelings  of  a  parent  for  the  publica- 
tion before  us,  yet  it  may  be  proper  to  declare  to  the  world, 
that  it  is  not  indebted  to  us  for  its  birth,  nor  was  it  born  in 
our  house.  We  knew  neither  its  father  nor  mother,  nor 
hardly  of  its  existence,  until,  naked,  hungry,  and  helpless, 
it  was  brought  and  laid  at  our  door.      Pity  for  its  orphan  state 


6  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

bade  us,  for  the  moment,  give  it  shelter  and  nourishment. 
In  proportion  as  it  engaged  our  care  it  won  our  affections. 
We  began  to  provide  for  its  maintenance ;  and  what  we  were 
unable  to  afford  ourselves  was  supplied  by  the  contributions 
of  charity.  It  seemed  grateful  for  the  care  of  its  patrons, 
and  tried  to  reward  our  beneficence  by  its  smiles  and  prattle. 
The  older  it  grew  the  more  it  was  caressed.  We  carried  it 
into  the  parlours  of  our  friends,  who,  praising  it  as  a  child  of 
beauty  and   promise,  predicted  its  eminence  in  the  world. 

Whether  these  predictions  will  be  verified,  agreeably  to 
our  desires,  is  a  matter  of  uncertainty.  We  still  guard  our 
infant  hope ;  and  present  appearances  are  very  favourable. 
It  is  extremely  docile  j  and  we  have  no  doubt,  under  good 
management,  of  his  being  every  thing  we  could  wish.  We 
continue  to  solicit  for  him  the  various  bounties,  which  are 
usually  bestowed  on  children  of  his  condition  and  merits. 
We  are  daily  introducing  him  to  the  acquaintance  of  the  wise 
and  good,  and  laying  plans  to  give  him  an  excellent  education. 
It  is  our  intention  to  have  him  instructed  in  several  ancient 
and  modern  languages,  matriculated  in  two  or  three  universi- 
ties, and  versed  in  almost  every  art  and  science.  He  shall  be 
associated  with  all  our  learned  and  humane  societies,  and  made 
a  corresponding  member  of  some  very  respectable  institutions 
abroad.  To  the  advantages  of  a  home  education  he  shall 
enjoy  privileges  from  travelling.  He  shall  inspect  the  col- 
leges, hospitals,  and  armies  of  Europe,  take  now  and  then 
a  peep  into  the  cabinets  of  princes,  and  get  a  general  acquaint- 
ance with  the  great  affairs  of  the  political  world. 

Though  we  have  principally  in  view  his  literary  and  scien- 
tifick  attainments,  we  purpose  that  he  shall  not  be  destitute  of 
the  manners  of  a  gentleman,  nor  a  stranger  to  genteel  amuse- 
ments. He  shall  attend  Theatres  .  .  .  Museums  .  .  .  Assem- 
blies .  .  .  Balls,  &c.  and  whatever  polite  diversions  the  town 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES         7 

may  furnish  ;  so  that  whilst  he  is  familiar  with  the  lore  of  books 
and  the  wisdom  of  sages,  his  dress  and  conversation  shall  bor- 
row mode  and  graces  of  the  most  polished  circles  in  society. 

The  grand  object  of  giving  to  our  charge  these  expensive 
advantages,  is  to  make  him  extensively  and  permanently  use- 
ful. Having  neither  patrimony  nor  wealthy  connexions,  he 
will  be  obliged  to  gain  reputation  by  continual  exertion  of 
talent,  and  we  feel  confident,  that  he  will  choose  rather  to  lead 
a  beneficent  than  luxurious  life,  and  that  he  will  be  a  literary 
man  of  Ross,  who  shall  not  uselessly  hoard  up  learning  with 
closed  lips,  but  daily  expend  it  in  feeding  the  ignorant  with  the 
bread  of  knowledge.  Happy  that  opportunities  of  doing  good 
are  not  confined  to  possessors  of  silver  and  gold,  he  every 
month  will  bring  to  the  publick  the  best  off^ering  in  his  power. 
If  unable  at  present  to  rear  oaks  for  our  navy,  and  repair 
breaches  in  the  walls  of  national  defence,  he  can  yet  cherish 
a  new  plant  for  the  botanist,  and  occasionally  tender  a  bouquet 
of  indigenous  flowers  to  the  bosom  of  love.  If  he  should  be 
unable  to  mend  the  constitution  of  our  country,  or  save  it  from 
ruin,  he  may  yet  mend  the  morals  of  a  private  citizen,  and  can 
at  least  engage  in  the  more 

Delightful  task  !  to  rear  the  tender  thought. 

To  teach  the  young  idea  how  to  shoot. 

To  pour  the  fresh  instruction  o'er  the  mind. 

And  fix  the  generous  purpose  in  the  glowing  breast. 

Indeed  it  will  be  strange  if  the  being,  whom  we  shall  have 
thus  assiduously  formed,  may  not  mix  in  good  company  with 
as  high  pretensions,  as  any  portable  personage  of  his  pursuits 
in  the  United  States.  As  he  acquires  age  and  importance 
therefore,  and  as  long  as  we  retain  our  parental  influence, 
we  venture  to  promise,  that  he  shall  often  reveal  his  knowl- 
edge of  natural  history  and  philosophy,  of  logick  and  theology, 


8  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

mathematicks  and  poetry,  of  law  and  medicine.  As  his  very 
liberal  education  will  peculiarly  fit  him  for  the  task,  he  shall 
read  and  review  the  most  important  literary  productions  of 
our  country,  and  candidly  give  his  opinion  of  their  worth.  He 
will  take  an  exact  note  of  the  works  of  literature  .  .  .  the  prog- 
ress of  the  arts  .  .  .  and  the  state  of  publick  concerns  ;  and 
be  so  far  a  politician,  as  to  be  a  judicious  biographer  of  the 
great,  and  a  persecutor  of  the  ambitious.  Versatile,  without 
being  unprincipled,  he  will  sometimes  visit  the  hall  of  Con- 
gress .  .  .  record  doings  of  state  legislatures  .  .  .  follow  the 
field  preacher  with  the  fanatical  .  .  .  attend  ordinations,  wed- 
dings, and  funerals  .  .  .  gaze  at  the  stars  .  .  .  keep  a  diary 
of  the  weather  .  .  .  observe  whatever  is  worth  observation 
.  .  .  relate  clearly  what  he  hears,  testify  boldly  what  he 
knows  .  .  .  now  open  his  mouth  in  parables  .  .  .  now  in 
proverbs  .  .  .  and  speak  of  beasts,  fowls,  fishes,  reptiles,  and 
"  of  trees,  from  the  cedar  tree  that  is  in  Lebanon,  even  unto 
the  hyssop  that  springeth  out  of  the  wall."  He  will,  in  fine, 
traffick  with  the  merchant  .  .  .  contrive  with  the  artisan  .  .  . 
plough  lands  with  the  farmer  .  .  .  seas  with  the  sailor  .  .  . 
make    songs    with    the    lover  .  .   .  let  no  flower    of    the 

SPRING  PASS  BY  HIM,  AND  CROWN  HIMSELF  WITH  ROSE-BUDS 
BEFORE    THEY    BE    WITHERED. 

With  these  abilities,  accomplishments,  and  expectations,  we 
cannot  but  wish,  among  other  good  wishes  of  the  season,  that 
he  may  far  exceed  any  of  his  numerous  predecessors  in  bless- 
ings and  longevity,  though  some  of  them  thought  they  "  died 
in  a  good  old  age  "  ^  .  .  .  that  his  days  may  be  the  days  of 
Methuselah  .  .  .  that  his  long  life  may  be  occupied  in  up- 
holding truth,  reason,  and  benevolence  .  .  .  diffusing  princi- 
ples   of  just    taste   .   .   .  exciting    the    emulation    of  youthful 

^  See  Preface  to  the  eighth  and  last  volume  of  The  Massachusetts 
Magazine. 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES         9 

genius  .  .  .  calling  away  the  student  from  questions  which 
gender  strife  to  contemplations  on  the  works  of  nature  .  .  . 
stimulating  the  finished  scholar  to  explore  new  tracts  in  the 
regions  of  science  .  .  .  and,  in  publishing  all  that  diversity  of 
intelligence,  for  obtaining  which  a  character  of  this  sort  has 
long  been  desired,  and  in   whose  absence 

Full  many  a  flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen. 
And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desart  air. 

Such  are  the  fond  and  anxious  sensibilities,  with  which  we 
stretch  our  views  to  the  future  labours,  consequence,  and  hon- 
ours of  our  adopted  ward. 

But,  alas,  amidst  the  chances  and  changes  of  the  mundane 
state,  what  is  permanent  ?  and  how  many  paternal  hopes  are 
annually  blasted !  If  the  offspring  of  our  afi^ection  should 
prove  idle,  ingrateful,  or  profligate  ...  if,  losing  all  respect 
for  our  authority,  he  should  commit  himself  to  the  guidance  of 
unskilful  hands,  or,  guideless,  add  to  the  number  of  rash  inno- 
vators of  the  present  age  .  .  .  should  he  turn  philosophist  in 
science,  heretick  in  religion,  empirick  in  nosology  .  .  .  instead 
of  nourishing,  should  he  attempt  to  destroy  the  liberties  of  the 
state,  become  the  pander  of  sedition,  and  prophanely  rail  against 
law  and  justice  .  .  .  should  he,  as  a  critick,  be  malicious  or 
revengeful,  pertinaciously  severe,  or  habitually  indiscreet  .  .  . 
nay,  even  should  he  once  basely  tell  tales  of  an  innocent 
family,  or  wilfully  wrong  the  meanest  individual,  we  shall  im- 
mediately spurn  him  from  our  presence,  withhold  our  aids,  and 
leave  him  to  his  demerits  .  .  .  the  neglect  of  the  virtuous, 
and  the  applause  of  the  vile. 

Boston,  Jan.  i,    1805. 

Behind  all  the  playfulness  of  this  Preface  one  feels 
a  blending  of  good  breeding  and  good  sense  which 
augured  well    for    the    new    undertaking.      The    good 


10  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

sense  is  clearly  exhibited  in  the  editor's  desire  that 
his  charge  should  not  "  commit  himself  to  the  guid- 
ance of  unskilful  hands."  It  has  been  seen  that  steps 
to  avert  this  danger  had  already  been  taken  by  the 
editor's  surrounding  himself  with  a  highly  competent 
corps  of  regular  contributors.  The  natural  step  which 
came  next  was  the  organization  of  this  corps  into  a 
definite  club,  the  Anthology  Society,  which  made 
itself  responsible  for  the  magazine.  Loosely  bound 
together  through  the  greater  part  of  1 805,  the  Society 
in  October  of  that  year  adopted  a  Constitution  and 
addressed  itself  regularly  to  its  task. 

It  is  worth  while  to  consider  the  quality  of  the  men 
who  made  up  this  Society,  if  only  to  form  some  idea 
of  the  type  which  they  represented  ;  for  the  composite 
personality  of  a  board  conducting  a  periodical  is  no 
less  important  than  the  individuality  of  an  editor  who 
does  his  work  single-handed.  The  original  members 
of  the  Society  were  fourteen  in  number.  They  chose 
as  their  President  the  Rev.  John  Sylvester  John  Gardi- 
ner. Forty  years  old  in  1805,  he  was  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  Society,  as  in  certain  respects  he  was  the 
most  conspicuous.  Since  1792  he  had  been  Assistant 
Minister  at  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  of  which  he  be- 
came Rector  in  1805.  Since  1794  he  had  conducted 
a  school  for  boys.  His  own  training,  under  the 
famous  Dr.  Samuel  Parr  in  England,  had  prepared 
him  admirably  to  maintain  the  strictest  standard  of 
classical    taste  and   scholarship.     The  pulpit  and    the 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES       ii 

schoolroom,  however,  did  not  exercise  all  his  powers, 
and  in  the  magazine  he  found  a  supplementary  vehicle 
for  the  expression  of  his  widely  varied  intellectual  in- 
terests. To  the  Vice-Presidency  the  Society  chose 
the  Rev.  William  Emerson.  The  minister  of  the 
First  Church  was,  of  necessity,  a  man  of  the  first  im- 
portance in  the  Boston  of  1805.  For  the  spirit  which 
he  could  bring  to  a  magazine  his  own  words  have 
already  spoken  with  sufficient  clearness.  He  was  but 
one  year  older  than  the  third  important  member, 
the  Rev.  John  Thornton  Kirkland,  minister  of  the 
New  South  Church,  who  was  thirty-six  years  of  age 
when  elected  to  the  Society  in  1806,  and  four  years 
later  became  President  of  Harvard  College. 

The  age  of  these  members  has  been  specified  with 
care  for  the  simple  reason  that,  by  no  means  vener- 
able themselves,  they  were  so  much  older  than  their 
fellow  Anthologists.  The  Rev.  Joseph  Stevens  Buck- 
minster  was  but  twenty-one  years  old  in  1805.  William 
Tudor,  Jr.,  one  of  the  most  zealous  and  competent  of 
all  the  little  band,  was  but  twenty-six.  Arthur  May- 
nard  Walter,  the  first  Secretary,  whose  early  death 
was  a  grievous  loss  to  the  Society,  was  only  twenty- 
five.  William  Smith  Shaw,  later  known  as  "  Athe- 
naeum Shaw,"  from  his  exceeding  devotion  to  the 
Library  which  the  Society  founded,  was  twenty-seven. 
And  so  one  might  go  on  through  the  list,  finding 
nearly  every  one  of  the  fourteen  original  and  fourteen 
subsequently   chosen    members    a  young    graduate    of 


12  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Harvard,  between  twenty  and  thirty  years  of  age, 
and  representing  that  class  of  the  community  in 
which  the  traditions  of  intellectual  leadership  were 
most  firmly  established.  John  Collins  Warren,  James 
Jackson,  and  Jacob  Bigelow  represented  the  science 
of  medicine.  Members  of  the  legal  profession  were 
even  more  numerous.  George  Ticknor,  Alexander 
H.  Everett,  and  James  Savage  had  hardly  begun  to 
win  their  laurels  of  scholarship,  but  already  could  con- 
tribute much  to  the  counsels  and  work  of  the  Society. 
Contributions  from  outside  the  circle  of  membership 
were  also  welcome,  and  among  the  occasional  writers 
for  the  magazine  were  found  such  men  as  Nathaniel 
Bowditch,  Washington  Allston,  John  Quincy  Adams, 
Josiah  Quincy,  Daniel  Webster,  and  John  Lowell, 
whose  "  Letters  from  Europe "  were  in  fact  much 
more  than  occasional. 

Just  because  the  Society  itself  was  composed  essen- 
tially of  young  men,  and  of  young  men  for  whom 
literary  pursuits  were  for  the  most  part  a  pastime 
rather  than  a  profession,  it  brought  to  its  task  the 
quickening  spirit  of  amateurs,  true  lovers  of  the  thing 
they  did  for  the  mere  love  of  it.  With  this  ama- 
teur spirit,  and  with  the  really  unusual  resources  at 
the  command  of  the  magazine,  it  would  have  been 
strange  indeed  if  it  had  not  accomplished  something 
worthy  of  remembrance. 

Readers,  especially  in  America,  had  not  yet  come 
to  pray  for  the  time 


THE  SOCIETY  AND   ITS   MINUTES       13 

When  mankind  shall  be  delivered 
From  the  clash  of  magazines. 

The  periodicals  of  the  country  were  few  and  feeble. 
The  English  models  of  the  eighteenth  century  still 
set  the  fashion  for  editors  and  contributors,  leisurely 
gentlemen  who  went  about  as  little  Spectators,  Idlers, 
Men  of  Feeling,  and  what  not.  A  characteristic 
American  publication  of  the  time  was  The  Port  Folio, 
by  "  Oliver  Oldschool,  Esq.,"  published  in  Philadel- 
phia. It  will  help  us  again  to  return  in  spirit  to  the 
time  of  the  first  appearance  of  The  Monthly  Anthology  if 
we  look  at  the  welcome  which  The  Port  Folio  extended, 
in  its  August  number  of  1805,  to  the  new  magazine 
from   Boston : 

The  Monthly  Anthology 

The  editor  would  be  culpably  insensible  to  the  progress  of 
Polite  Literature  in  America,  if  he  omitted  to  notice,  with 
applause,  a  Literary  Journal  of  a  most  respectable  character, 
published  at  Boston,  entitled  "  The  Monthly  Anthology,"  com- 
bining the  characters  of  a  Magazine  and  a  Review.  This  Mis- 
cellany commenced  under  no  very  favorable  auspices,  and  from 
the  negligence  of  the  proprietors,  or  the  indifference  of  the 
public,  was  dwindling  into  feebleness,  or  rather  sinking  into  ob- 
livion. By  a  change  of  men  and  measures,  its  credit  has  been 
retrieved,  its  influence  widened,  and  its  character  established. 
So  unfrequent  in  America  is  the  intercourse  between  men  of 
letters,  so  sullen  is  the  genius  of  republicanism,  so  wide  is  our 
waste  of  territory,  so  narrow  our  prejudices,  so  local  our  inter- 
ests, so  humble  our  means  either  of  receiving  or  imparting 
knowledge ;    that    we    have   but    little   of  that   esprit  du  corps^ 


14  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

which  characterizes  the  Literati  of  Europe.  Our  men  of 
letters  scarcely  ever  act  in  concert,  each  unconscious  and  often 
careless  of  what  another  is  doing,  proceeds  sullenly  alone,  and  a 
Magazine,  or  even  works  less  ephemeral,  may  be  projected  and 
executed  at  Boston,  of  whose  authors  and  whose  objects  an 
inquirer  at  Philadelphia  or  Baltimore,  may  be  profoundly 
ignorant. 

The  Miscellany  in  question,  which  has  given  occasion  for 
these  incidental  remarks,  began,  we  know  not  how  or  when, 

From  whom  descended,  or  by  whom  begot, 

and  now  it  has  passed  into  other  hands  we  neither  know  the 
Editor  nor  any  of  his  associates,  nor  correspondents.  No 
powers  of  divination  that  we  possess  enable  us  even  to  conjec- 
ture, plausibly,  respecting  the  projectors  of  the  ingenious  Jour- 
nal, though  from  internal  evidence  we  may  suspect  some  of  our 
literary  compatriots  in  New  England.  Our  praise,  therefore, 
is  perfectly  unbiassed  and  sincere,  and  we  are  disposed  to 
bestow  it,  in  no  penurious  measure,  upon  this  Magazine.  It  is 
correctly  and  elegantly  composed.  Men  of  real  scholarship 
and  versatile  talents  are  engaged  in  its  support,  and  their 
power  of  fine  writing  will  at  once  be  discerned  in  the  ingenious 
Preface  to  the  volume,  commencing  with  the  current  year. 
Accident  has  prevented  our  earlier  notice  of  this  work,  which 
has  our  best  wishes  for  its  success.  We  shall  omit  no  practi- 
cable opportunity  to  accelerate  the  course  of  this  vehicle,  and 
strive  only  to  run  with  a  generous  emulation  by  its  side. 

The  esprit  de  corps  which  "  Oliver  Oldschool,  Esq." 
—  Joseph  Dennie,  born  in  Boston  and  a  Harvard 
graduate  —  found  lacking  in  the  scattered  American 
men  of  letters  was  precisely  the  characteristic  of  the 
little    company  in    Boston  to  which    it  owed  a   large 


THE  SOCIETY  AND   ITS   MINUTES       15 

measure  of  its  successful  achievement.  When  one 
member  of  the  Society,  the  Rev.  J,  S.  Buckminster, 
was  absent  in  Europe,  he  wrote  to  another  member, 
William  S.  Shaw :  "  Be  careful,  I  beseech  you,  about 
admitting  new  members.  I  am  very  much  afraid,  that, 
during  my  absence,  you  will  metamorphose  it  from  a 
club  of  friends  into  a  club  of  editors."  ^  That  it  began 
and  continued  essentially  "  a  club  of  friends "  the 
following  minutes  clearly  show.  These  friends  were 
young  men  of  their  time ;  else  they  could  hardly 
have  appointed  their  meetings,  in  the  Constitution  it- 
self, in  terms  such  as  these :  "  This  Society  shall  meet 
on  the  Thursday  evening  of  every  week  at  7  o'clock 
p.  M.  from  the  autumnal  to  the  vernal,  and  at  8  o'clock 
p.  M.  from  the  vernal  to  the  autumnal,  equinox."  It 
was  characteristic  of  the  time,  moreover,  that  their 
supper  hour  was  eight  or  nine  o'clock,  and  that  when 
they  dined  with  their  President,  as  we  find  them  doing 
soon  after  they  adopted  a  Constitution  in  1805,  ^^^ 
hour  he  named  was  half-past  four.  The  hands  of  the 
clock  point  to  many  significant  items  in  social  history. 
It  is  apparent,  however,  that  the  Anthologists  were 
young  men  capable  of  the  enjoyments  common  to 
earlier  and  later  centuries.  The  minutes  are  rich  in 
evidence  that  they  did  not  take  themselves  or  their 
duties  too  seriously.  The  pleasure  of  their  meetings 
lay  by  no  means  only  in  the  discussion  of  manuscripts 

1  See  "Memoirs  of  Rev.  Joseph  Buckminster,  D.  D.,  and  of  His  Son, 
Rev.  Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster."  By  Eliza  Buckminster  Lee.  Page 
236. 


i6  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

submitted  as  candidates  for  the  magazine.  The  suppers 
of  "  widgeon  and  teal,"  of  "  dough-birds,"  of  "mon- 
grel goose  and  veal  cutlet "  are  recorded  as  joyfully 
as  the  facts  that  "  much  good  talk  and  pleasant 
humour  prevailed,"  that  "we  broke  up  at  a  vulgar 
hour,"  and  that  "  we  parted  very  well  satisfied  with 
each  other."  Perhaps  the  most  refreshing  record  of 
all  is  that  of  August  7,   1806: 

No  business  of  any  kind  was  transacted  by  the  Society  of 
Gentlemen,  who  conduct  the  Monthly  Anthology  &  Boston 
Review. 

N.  B.  Supper  of  woodcock. 

It  is  hardly  surprising  to  find  in  the  "  Memoir  of 
Joseph  S.  Buckminster "  the  statement  that  "  ladies 
would  not  invite  company  on  Anthology  evening, 
because  the  meeting  of  the  club  robbed  them  of  the 
presence  of  the  most  agreeable  gentlemen."  Delight- 
ful as  the  gatherings  of  the  members  must  have 
been,  whether  as  feasts  of  reason  or  of  more  material 
refections,  we  learn  from  the  "  Miscellanies "  of 
William  Tudor  that  "  the  publication  never  gave 
enough  to  pay  the  moderate  expenses  of  their  suppers, 
and  through  their  whole  career  they  wrote,  and  paid 
for  the  pleasure  of  writing." 

If  the  minutes  throw  a  warm  light  on  the  yellowing 
pages  of  the  magazine,  the  pages  themselves,  espe- 
cially those  setting  forth  the  aims  and  motives  of 
"  the  Society  of  Gentlemen,  who  conduct  the  Monthly 
Anthology  and  Boston  Review,"  contribute  their  own 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES       17 

illumination  to  the  records  of  the  Society.  A  few 
passages  from  the  Annual  Addresses  of  the  editors 
will  suggest  their  feeling  that  they  were  under  a  cer- 
tain necessity  of  explaining  themselves  to  the  public, 
and  will  show  how  they  did  it. 

In  the  Address  of  January,  1807,  with  the  manu- 
script signature  in  the  Athenaeum  copy,  "  Dr.  Kirk- 
land,"  these  words  are  found : 

Doubtless  many  men  of  sense  ascribe  to  us  a  species  of 
fanaticism,  as  the  spring  of  that  propensity  we  discover  to 
enlighten,  improve,  and  entertain  a  publick,  which  gives  us  for 
our  pains  neither  fame  nor  money.  We  suggest  to  them  a 
solution  of  our  conduct,  which  does  not  assign  us  a  place 
greatly  below  or  above  the  standard  of  human  nature.  We  are 
exposed  to  the  influence  of  that  "  Esprit  de  corps ",  which 
animates  literary  association.  The  pleasures,  found  in  com- 
position and  in  the  exercise  of  the  mental  powers  puts  some 
of  us  upon  blotting  paper.  If  the  cause  still  appears  inadequate 
to  the  effect,  we  must  be  supposed  to  feel  a  desire  to  be 
useful  in  the  way  which  our  pursuits  and  studies  direct,  or  if 
this  seem  too  elevated  a  principle,  let  our  services  be  deemed 
symptoms  and  effects  of  an  impulse  of  more  doubtful  value 
.  .  .  what  a  late  writer  on  moral  philosophy  denominates  the 
passion  for  reforming  the  world. 

In  the  Address  of  January,  1809,  the  editors  say: 
The  Anthology  has  hitherto  been  supported  by  the  un- 
paid and  unregulated  contributions  of  a  (evf  literary  men,  who 
are  pleased  when  the  publick  profits  by  their  reading,  or  shares 
in  their  amusements.  They  have  yet  had  no  extraordinary 
stimulus  to  write,  but  the  friendly  curiosity  and  occasional 
encomiums  of  men  like  themselves.     They  are  not  enlisted  in 


i8  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

the  support  of  any  denomination  of  prejudices ;  nor  are  they 
inspired  with  the  fanaticism  of  literary  crusaders,  associated  to 
plant  their  standards  on  territory  recovered  from  heathens  or 
hereticks.  They  are  satisfied,  if  they  in  any  way  contribute  to 
the  mild  influence  of  our  common  Christianity,  and  to  the 
elegant  tranquility  of  literary  life.  They  are  gentle  knights, 
who  wish  to  guard  the  seats  of  taste  and  morals  at  home,  from 
the  incursions  of  the  "  paynim  host  "  ;  happy,  if  they  should 
now  and  then  rescue  a  fair  captive  from  the  giants  of  romance, 
or  dissolve  the  spell,  in  which  many  a  youthful  genius  is  held, 
by  the  enchantments  of  corrupt  literature.  If  with  these 
objects,  they  can  retain  the  pleasures  of  lettered  society, 

Mundaeque  parvo  sub  lare  pauperum 
Coenae,  sine  aulaeis  et  ostro, 
SoUicitam  explicuere  frontem, 

they  will  try  to  be  as  insensible  to  the  neglect  or  contumely  of 
the  great  vulgar  and  the  small,  as  they  are  to  the  pelting  of  the 
pitiless  storm  without,  when  taste  and  good  humour  sit  round  the 
fire  within. 

Here,  too,  they  speak  of  "writing  only  to  amuse  and 
meliorate  ourselves  and  others." 

In  January  of  1810,  when  the  end  was  drawing 
near,  there  was  no  abatement  of  confidence  : 

The  Anthology  is  conducted  by  a  society  of  gentlemen, 
who  derive  no  direct  emolument  from  their  labour,  and  persist 
in  it,  though  many  a  shrewd  wise  countenance  may  be  covered 
with  a  smile  at  their  simplicity,  in  still  continuing  to  "  scribble, 
scribble."  This  smile,  which  is  really  excited  more  by  good- 
natured  wonder,  than  contempt,  they  can  return  with  one  of 
the  same  character.  Plutus  then  not  being  in  the  number 
of  our  household  gods,  it  could  hardly  be  supposed  we  should 
be  subject  to  any  other  reproaches  than  those  of  sterility. 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES       19 

Turning  from  the  pages  of  the  magazine  in  which 
the  editors  consciously  state  their  purpose  to  those  in 
which  it  is  unconsciously  expressed,  one  is  impressed 
with  the  substantial  merit  of  the  periodical.  It  is 
manifest  that  the  editors  set  themselves  a  high  stand- 
ard and  rigorously  maintained  it.  The  standard 
was  that  of  the  eighteenth  century  in  England. 
Something  of  the  attitude  of  the  Society  towards  in- 
novations in  diction  and  critical  values  is  revealed  in 
the  rebuke  administered,  apparently  by  Dr.  Gardiner, 
to  a  young  man  who  defended  an  American  writer 
from  an  unfavorable  review  in  the  magazine : 

Your  justification  of  licit,  which  you  acknowledge  is 
unauthorized,  prove  you  a  true  disciple  of  Noah  Webster,  that 
scourge  of  grammar,  no  less  than  your  sneer  at  English 
literature.  Yet  let  us  inform  you,  young  Sir,  that  all  sensible 
Americans  will  rely  on  the  great  writers  of  that  nation  [here 
the  purist  seems  to  have  nodded]  as  authorities,  till  we  can 
produce  equal  excellence.  We  know  of  no  American  lan- 
guage, that  is  not  Indian,  and  feel  no  inclination  to  resort  to 
the  Choctaws,  the  Chickasaws,  the  Cherokees,  and  the  Tus- 
caroras  for  literary  instruction.  Whilst  we  speak  and  write 
the  English  language,  we  are  satisfied  to  be  guided  in  our  own 
use  of  that  language  by  approved  English  writers,  by  which  we 
shall  guard  against  modern  foppery  and  provincial  impurities. 

The  English  tradition  of  Latin  verse-making  as  a 
scholarly  accomplishment  still  prevailed,  and  many  ex- 
periments in  that  field  are  preserved,  together  with  a 
liberal  number  of  translations  from  the  Latin  classics, 
of  which    Horace's    "Integer   Vitae "    held    the    place 


20  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

of  a  prime  favorite.  But  the  range  and  the  strength  of 
the  original  articles  speak  for  something  far  more  im- 
portant than  the  cherishing  of  any  specific  literary 
traditions.  Science,  theology,  literature,  travel,  indeed 
all  serious  matters,  received  serious  and  remarkably 
competent  attention.  The  "Remarker"  and  "  Silva  " 
departments  introduced  personal  and  vivacious  ele- 
ments contributing  much  to  the  total  product.  The 
sincerity  and  intelligence  of  the  literary  criticism  were 
of  a  high  order.  Each  of  these  generalizations  might 
be  illustrated  by  "  exhibits "  in  their  support.  We 
must  content  ourselves,  however,  with  one :  "  The 
Embargo,  or  Sketches  of  the  Times,  by  a  Youth  of 
Thirteen,"  was  reviewed  in  the  June  number  of  1808. 
The  reviewer  brought  his  remarks  to  an  end  by  saying : 
"  If  the  young  bard  has  met  with  no  assistance  in  the 
composition  of  this  poem,  he  certainly  bids  fair,  should 
he  continue  to  cultivate  his  talent,  to  gain  a  respectable 
station  on  the  Parnassian  mount,  and  to  reflect  credit 
on  the  literature  of  the  country."  When  prophecy 
gave  place  in  later  years  to  record,  these  words  would 
have  required  but  small  emendation  to  provide  an 
admirable  definition  of  Bryant's  actual  achievement. 
It  is  not  always  so  easy  as  in  this  instance  to  place 
one's  self  in  the  position  of  looking  upon  the  word 
of  the  Anthologists  as  something  completely  "  up-to- 
date  "  —  as  vitally  fresh  to  the  readers  of  a  hundred 
years  ago  as  any  short-lived  periodical  of  our  own 
decade.     But  whenever   and   by   whatever  means    one 


^/^4>^  ^d^^^CdT^^. 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES       21 

may  acquire  this  view  of  the  volumes  now  so  seldom 
sought  for  any  purpose,  one  must  recognize  in  them 
a  significant  and  memorable  venture  in  periodical 
literature. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Anthology 
Society,  July  2,  181 1,  consisted  of  the  single  word 
Finis.  But  it  was  not  the  end.  Only  four  years  later 
William  Tudor,  Jr.,  one  of  the  most  steadfast  and 
active  members  of  the  Society,  abetted  by  some  of 
his  associates,  launched  The  North  American  Review, 
This  arbiter  of  American  taste  and  thought  through  so 
many  succeeding  years  was  truly  at  its  inception  less  a 
new  magazine  than  a  revival  of  one  that  had  ceased  to 
be  while  many  of  its  elements  of  life  remained  within 
call.  The  spirit  which  dominated  the  Anthology  So- 
ciety through  all  the  six  years  of  its  existence  was  a 
spirit  which  could  not  perish  from  the  surroundings  in 
which  it  throve.  Let  the  editors,  in  the  Address 
printed  at  the  beginning  of  the  final  number  of  the 
magazine,  June,  1811,  speak  both  for  this  spirit  and 
for  the  circumstances  which  brought  the  undertaking 
to  its  conclusion : 

As  we  have  never  laid  claim  to  any  extraordinary  measure 
of  sensibility,  it  may  be  supposed  that  they  who  have  so  long 
wielded  the  scourge  of  criticism,  and  bathed  their  hands  in  the 
blood  of  so  many  ill-fated  candidates  for  fame,  must  have  ex- 
tinguished the  usual  feelings  and  weakness  of  our  nature.  Yet, 
incredible  as  it  may  seem,  we  do  confess,  with  all  our  obduracy, 
that  we  cannot  remain  wholly  unaffected,  when  we  announce, 
that  with  the  present  number,  our  labours  in  the  Anthology  are  to 


22  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

be  brought  to  a  close.  After  having  for  so  many  years  found,  in 
preparing  materials  for  this  work,  the  amusement  and  solace  of 
our  leisure  hours,  and  in  the  little  circle,  which  interest  in  its 
welfare  has  weekly  brought  together,  an  innocent  and  cheerful, 
if  not  always  a  very  philosophick  relaxation,  we  feel,  in  finally 
dismissing  it  from  our  hands,  something  of  that  sadness  steal 
over  us,  which  is  experienced  in  losing  a  good-natured  and  long- 
tried,  though  not  perhaps  very  valuable,  friend. 

Farewell ! 
I  could  have  better  spared  a  better  man. 
O  !  I  shall  have  a  heavy  miss  of  thee. 

We  do  not  suppose  that  the  intention  we  have  thus  announced 
will  spread  much  consternation,  or  that  the  absence  of  the  An- 
thology will  create  any  very  alarming  vacuum  in  the  literary 
world.  There  may  be  some  who  will  remember  us  with  kind- 
ness, and  a  few  with  regret ;  but  on  the  whole  we  are  inclined 
to  think  that  the  waves  will  roll  as  peacefully,  and  the  skies  ap- 
pear as  blue,  and  the  sun  shine  as  gaily,  on  the  day  of  our  de- 
parture, as  though  we  still  existed.  Such  is  the  fate  which, 
from  the  nature  of  our  work,  we  have  always  expected  to  be 
heirs  to.  He  who  writes  for  a  journal,  must  not  be  disappointed 
though  his  fame  should  moulder  a  good  deal  sooner  than  the 
pyramids  of  Egypt. 

In  arriving  at  the  termination  of  labours,  which,  if  not  very 
important,  have  at  least  been  long  continued,  it  is  natural  to 
inquire  to  what  purpose  we  have  toiled.  In  looking  back  on 
our  pages  we  find,  as  in  every  fair  review  of  human  life,  some 
things  to  regret ;  some  things  of  no  very  positive  character ;  and 
some,  pace  omnium  bonorum,  be  it  said,  which  we  are  disposed 
to  regard  as  not  wholly  vain  and  unprofitable.  We  do  confess, 
for  in  our  last  moments  it  becomes  us  to  be  honest,  that  in 
reviewing  our  labours,  we  find  some  criticisms  on  our  conscience 
in  which  a  juvenile  love  of  point  and  smartness  may  have  be- 


THE  SOCIETY  AND   ITS   MINUTES       23 

trayed  us  into  asperity  and  want  of  candour,  and  in  which  we 
may  seem  to  have  thought  too  much  of  the  reputation  of  the 
reviewer,  and  too  little  of  the  rights  and  feelings  of  the  author. 
We  must  in  fairness  also  own,  that  it  has  been  incident  to  our 
lucubrations  to  be  sometimes  crude  and  indigested,  and  some- 
times meagre  and  weak ;  and  our  remarks  have  been  usually 
delivered  in  quite  as  oracular  a  tone  as  was  justified  either  by 
the  authority  of  the  criticks,  or  the  intrinsick  weight  of  their 
judgments.  We  make  these  frank  acknowledgments  of  our 
faults,  because  we  would  willingly  go  out  of  the  world  in  charity 
with  all  mankind.  They  are  the  faults  of  youth;  and  young 
men,  we  know,  are  always  dogmatical  and  usually  vain. 

But  we  will  not  affect  more  humility  than  we  feel.  The 
Anthology,  though  never  what  we  or  its  friends  could  have 
wished  to  see  it,  has  yet  some  claims  on  the  regard  of  the  pub- 
lick.  The  leading  objects  to  which  it  has  been  devoted  are 
such  as  we  can  never  be  ashamed  to  have  pursued,  however  we 
may  regret  the  imperfection  of  our  approaches  to  them.  To 
cultivate  and  gratify  the  taste  of  the  lovers  of  letters,  has  been 
the  principal  design  of  our  Miscellany,  though  we  have  rejected 
nothing  which  might  appear  to  aid  the  general  cause  of  sound 
science.  In  pursuing  this  design  we  have  endeavoured  always 
to  feel  and  to  recognize  the  obligation  which  is  laid  on  every 
writer  to  regulate  and  sanctify  all  his  speculations  by  a  supreme 
regard  to  the  interests  of  virtue  and  religion.  In  conducting 
our  critical  department  we  have  had  a  task  of  more  delicacy,  in 
executing  which  from  its  very  nature  we  could  not  hope  for 
universal  approbation.  With  whatever  faults,  however,  it  may 
have  been  chargeable,  of  this  at  least  we  are  sure ;  that  we  have 
never  knowingly  suffered  any  sentiment  of  personal  hostility  to 
mingle  with  any  of  our  criticisms ;  nor  have  we  ever  used  the 
immunities  of  invisibility  to  shelter  us  in  launching  the  "  fire- 
brands, arrows   and  death "  of   slander   and   malignity.  —  We 


24  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

claim  also  this  merit,  that  we  have  never  lent  ourselves  to  the 
service  of  any  party,  political  or  theological ;  we  have  never 
courted  the  suffrages  of  the  great  vulgar,  nor  attempted  to  enlist 
the  prejudices  of  the  small;  have  never  felt,  in  any  discussion 
in  which  we  have  been  engaged,  that  we  have  had  any  other 
cause  to  serve  than  that  of  truth  and  good  learning.  On  this 
subject  we  speak  confidently.  Of  the  soundness  of  the  great 
principles  in  politicks  and  religion,  which  we  have  advanced, 
we  can  deliberately  re-affirm  our  honest  conviction.  We  claim 
the  praise  of  having  been  uniformly  true  to  them  ;  and  on  this 
ground  it  is,  that  in  going  off  the  scene,  we  do  not  fear  to  say 
to  the  spectators :  Plaudite,  omnes. 

There  may  be  some  who,  in  taking  their  last  leave  of  the 
Anthology,  may  be  prompted  by  kindness,  or  curiosity,  or  both, 
to  inquire  why  we  are  now  induced  to  discontinue  it.  We 
answer,  that  we  are  influenced  not  by  one,  but  many  reasons  ; 
the  weight  of  which  we  have  long  felt,  though  we  have  hesi- 
tated to  obey  them.  At  the  commencement  of  the  year  we 
hinted  at  some  of  the  inconveniences  which  arise  from  the 
manner  in  which  the  Anthology  has  been  conducted  and  sug- 
gested our  hopes  that  we  should  be  relieved  from  them  by  giving 
the  principal  care  of  the  publication  to  a  permanent  editor.  In 
this  we  have  been  disappointed,  from  the  inadequacy  of  the  re- 
ceipts of  the  Anthology  to  repay  the  labour  of  any  gentleman 
to  whom  we  should  be  willing  to  confide  it.  Our  auxiliaries 
also,  at  no  time  numerous,  though  always  valuable,  have  lately 
been  diminished.  Our  own  ranks  too  have  been  thinned  by 
desertion  and  death,  and  many  of  us  feel  the  claims  of  profes- 
sional duties  to  all  the  time  we  can  command.  Upon  the 
whole,  too,  the  Anthology  has  perhaps  lived  long  enough,  and 
its  future  existence,  at  least  for  the  present,  would  be  forced  and 
unnatural.  It  may  be,  however,  that  at  some  future  day  we 
shall  attempt  to  revive  it,  and  possibly  in  a  new  form  and  under 


THE  SOCIETY  AND  ITS   MINUTES       25 

brighter  auspices.  With  this  mysterious  and  prophetick  intima- 
tion any  of  our  readers,  who  may  find  themselves  disconsolate 
at  its  loss,  may  endeavour  to  comfort  themselves.  .  .  . 

It  was  given  specifically  to  the  Boston  Athenaeum  to 
cherish  and  augment  the  spirit  which  produced  not 
only  T'he  Monthly  Anthology  and  Boston  Review^  but  the 
reading-room  from  which  the  Athenaeum  grew.  The 
early  history  of  this  institution,  out  of  which  in  turn  its 
continued  service  to  scholarship  and  the  humanities  has 
grown,  must  stand  as  a  token  that  the  members  of  the 
Anthology  Society  did  not  labor  in  vain. 


CONSTITUTION 


CONSTITUTION 

Article   i 

The  officers  of  the  Society,  which  conducts  the  Monthly 
Anthology  &  Boston  Review  shall  consist  of  a  President,  Vice- 
President,  Secretary,  &  Treasurer,  annually  chosen  by  nomina- 
tion on  the  Anniversary  of  the  adoption  of  the  constitution. 

Article  2^ 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  preside  at  all  meetings 
of  the  Society,  to  call  extraordinary  meetings,  &  to  have  a  cast- 
ing vote  in  all  cases,  when  the  votes  shall  be  equally  divided. 

Article  3'^ 

The  Vice-President  in  the  absence  of  the  President  shall 
perform  all  the  duties  of  the  President. 

Article  4''' 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  keep  a  journal  of 
everything  done  at  the  meetings  of  the  Society  (except  what 
shall  be  hereafter  mentioned  as  the  business  of  the  Editor)  to 
preserve  a  fair  record  of  all  laws,  votes  &  resolutions,  to 
notify  extra  meetings,  &  to  take  charge  of  all  books  belonging 
to  the  library  of  the  Society. 

Article  5"" 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  keep  a  regular  book 
of  accounts ;  to  collect  all  monies,  assessed  by  the  Society,  or  due 


30  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

from  the  Printers,  to  pay  all  orders  of  the  Standing  Committee 
hereafter  mentioned,  &  to  execute  such  contracts  as  they  shall 
direct ;  &  his  books  shall  always  be  open  to  the  inspection  of 
said  Committee. 

Article  6"" 

There  shall  annually  be  chosen  by  nomination  a  Standing 
Committee  of  Three,  of  whom  the  Treasurer  shall  always  be 
one,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  purchase  books,  to  subscribe  for 
publications  for  the  use  of  the  Society,  to  provide  places  of 
meeting,  to  make  all  contracts  of  whatever  nature  with  what- 
ever persons,  &  generally  to  transact  all  such  business,  as  is 
not  particularly  assigned  to  other  officers. 

This  Committee  shall  make  a  quarterly  report  of  their 
proceedings  to  the  Society. 

Article  y^^ 

There  shall  also  be  annually  chosen  by  nomination  a  Com- 
mittee of  three,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  audit  the  Treasurer's 
accounts  &  make  a  quarterly  report  to  the  Society.  This 
Committee  shall  also  examine  &  make  an  annual  return  of 
the  State  of  the  library. 

Article  S"* 

This  Society  shall  meet  on  the  Thursday  evening  of  every 
week  at  7  o'clock  P.  M.  from  the  autumnal  to  the  vernal  &  at 
8  o'clock  P.  M.  from  the  vernal  to  the  autumnal  equinox. 

Article  g^^ 

Three  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  transacting 
the  ordinary  business  of  the  Society ;  but  for  the  election  of 
officers  &  the  admission  of  members  not  less  than  seven  shall 
be  required. 


THE  SOCIETY'S  CONSTITUTION         31 

Article   io^*" 

No  new  member  shall  be  admitted  except  by  a  unanimous 
vote  of  the  members  present,  after  he  shall  have  stood  on  nom- 
ination during  four  successive  meetings  of  the  Society. 

Article   ii"* 

The  Editor  of  the  Monthly  Anthology  and  Boston  Review 
shall  be  chosen  on  the  anniversary  by  ballot,  &  he  shall  com- 
mence his  official  duties  at  the  beginning  of  the  new  year.  He 
shall  have  a  general  power  of  preparing  the  materials  Sc  super- 
intending the  publication  of  this  work.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to 
correct  the  press  ;  to  take  charge  of  all  foreign  communications, 
&  to  present  them  to  the  Society  as  soon  as  convenient ;  to 
register  with  dates  annexed  all  assignments  of  books  to  be 
review'd ;  to  notify  the  writers  of  any  regular  series  of  papers, 
six  weeks  before  their  numbers  shall  be  due ;  to  inform  any 
member,  as  soon  as  possible  of  any  literary  duty,  which  has 
been  assigned  to  him  in  his  absence ;  to  write  in  the  name  of 
the  Publishers  to  any  person,  whose  assistance  the  Society  shall 
have  voted  to  solicit,  &c  to  carry  on  any  correspondence  by 
direction  of  the  Society. 

Article   i  2^^ 

Books  shall  be  assigned  by  a  vote  of  the  majority  of  mem- 
bers present  &  every  review  shall  be  read  to  the  Society  before 
its  publication.  If  any  objections  which  require  further  discus- 
sion shall  be  made  to  any  part  of  a  review,  a  committee  of  three 
shall  be  then  appointed  to  examine  said  review,  to  confer  with 
the  writer  &  to  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

Article   i  3''' 

All  communications  which  any  member  may  receive  for  the 
Anthology   department   shall   be   deposited   with  the  Editor  Si. 


32  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

presented  to  the  Society ;  but  no  communication  from  any 
member  for  this  department,  except  in  cases  of  controversy, 
shall  be  read,  unless  at  the  option  of  the  writer. 

Lastly 

This  constitution  shall  always  be  open  to  revisal,  alteration 
&  amendment,  whenever  a  majority  shall  think  it  expedient. 

(True  Copy)  Boston  Oct'  3,  1805.     Read  &  accepted. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL 


JOURNAL 


OF   THE    PROCEEDINGS    OF   THE   SOCIETY   WHICH 

CONDUCTS     THE    MONTHLY     ANTHOLOGY     ^ 

BOSTON  REVIEW.     BOSTON  Oct«  3,  1805 

Names  of  Members 


Rev'  M^  Gardiner. 

Emerson, 

Gray. 

Harris/ 

Buckminster. 

Tuckerman. 
Peter  Thacher  Esquire. 
W"  S.    Shaw  Esq. 
A.    M.  Walter  Esq. 
D'  John  Warren  jr. 
D'  James  Jackson. 
M^  Will"  Wells. 


M^  W"  Tudor. 
M^  S.  C.  Thacher. 
M^  E.  T.  Dana. 
M'  Benj°  Welles. 
M'  R'  H.  Gardiner. 
M'  J.  Savage.2 
—   J.  Stickney. 
Dr.  Kirkland. 
Rev.  S.  C.  Thacher. 
Mr.  A.  H.  Everett. 

"    G.  Ticknor. 
Dr.  J.  Bigelow. 


'J'hursday,  Oct"  3,  1805 

This  day  having  been  previously  appointed  for  the 
adoption  of  the  Constitution,  the  Society  met  at  the 
Rev'^    M'    Gardiner's    at  4   P.M.      The   Constitution 

»  Crossed  out  in  the  original. 

2  Beginning  here,  the  names  are  in  pencil  by  Mr.  Ticknor,  and  are 
nearly  illegible. 


36  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

was  read  &  unanimously  adopted.  The  Society  after- 
wards proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  &  the  follow- 
ing Gentlemen  were  unanimously  elected. 

Rev"*  M'  Gardiner President. 

Emerson V.  President. 

M'  Walter        Secretary. 

Shaw 'Treasurer. 

Welles 

S.  C.  Thacher  |    *     '     *     ^^^^^^^i  Committee. 

The  Treasurer  ex  offic 
D'  Warren 
M^  P.  Thacher 
Rev**  M'  Buckminster 
M'  S.  C.  Thacher  ....     Editor 


Auditing  Comm* 


Voted  unanimously,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society 
be  given  to  M'  S.  C.  Thacher  for  his  services  as 
Editor  to  this  period.^ 

Thursday  October  lo'^  1805 

The  Society  having  met,  after  some  desultory  con- 
versation respecting  the  Printers  &  the  Publication,  the 
Secretary  read  an  extract  of  a  letter  from   M'  R.  H. 

1  In  the  original  record  of  the  first  two  meetings  the  text  is  broken  up 
into  paragraphs,  but  thereafter  very  few  paragraph  divisions  are  made.  In 
this  printed  copy  the  original  is  followed  in  every  detail,  with  two  or  three 
exceptions.  The  year  is  now  made  a  part  of  the  date,  although  the  Secretary 
did  not  always  add  it.  The  word  Voted  is  italicised,  and  paragraphs  are 
made  where  such  divisions  are  an  aid  to  clearness,  following  usually  the 
sign  ]|  which  was  made  in  pencil  on  the  original  manuscript  by  a  former 
reader,  or  following  a  long  dash  in  the  original. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  ^7 

Chapman  ^  on  the  University  of  Cambridge,  which  the 
Society  thought  interesting  &  agreed  to  have  inserted 
in  the  Anthology  for  this  month. 

M'  Peter  Thacher  read  two  reviews,  which  were 
accepted. 

Voted  on  motion  of  the  Secretary,  That  the  Editor 
write  or  cause  to  be  written  a  letter  to  D'  Waterhouse  ^ 
of  Cambridge,  thanking  him  for  his  communications 
to  the  Monthly  Anthology  to  this  period  &  requesting 
a  continuation  of  his  kindness. 

Voted  on  motion  of  M'  Shaw,  That  the  Secretary 
write  to  the  Publishers  of  the  Monthly  Magazine  ^  in 
London  a  letter,  giving  an  account  of  the  M.  An- 
thology &  requesting  an  exchange  of  the  Publications  ; 
&  that  he  also  forward  to  said  Publishers  the  N°'  of 
the   M.   A.   from  Jan''  by  the  first  opportunity. 

Voted  on  motion  of  M'  P.  Thacher,  That  the 
thanks  of  the  Society  be  given  to  the  makers  of  the 
Constitution,  M'  Walter,  M'  Shaw  &  M'  Buckminster. 

The  Society  agreed  to  meet  next  Thursday  Ev^  at 
M'  Thacher's,  Court  Street,  &  separated  at  5  past  10 
after  a  pleasant  meeting. 

Thursday  October  17,  1805 
The    Society    met    at    M'    Thacher's    agreeably    to 
adjournment.     The   Editor  read  the  review  roll.      M' 

'  Probably  Robert  Hett  Chapman,  later  President  of  the  University  of 
North  Carolina. 

2  Benjamin  Waterhouse,  M.D.,  Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practice 
of  Medicine  at  Harvard,  1783-1812. 

3  The  Monthly  Magazine;  or,  British  Register,  for  September,  1804 
(volume  1 8),  contains  a  notice  of  The  Monthly  Anthology. 


38  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Buckminster  read  a  review  of  the  Salem  edition  of 
Sallust,  which  was  on  motion  accepted.  M'  Dana 
read  a  review  of  "  The  Powers  of  Genius,"  a  poem  by 
Rev**  J.  B.  Linn,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M'  Buckminster,  M'  Welles  of 
the  Standing  committee  read  a  contract  made  by  sd. 
Committee  between  the  society  &  Munroe  &  Francis, 
printers.  The  report  of  the  Committee  was  accepted, 
&  the  thanks  of  the  Society  given  to  the  Committee. 

The  Society  sat  down  to  supper  &  much  pleasant 
talk  &  good  humour  ensued.  Many  of  the  members 
inclined  to  meet  on  Wednesday,  instead  of  Thursday 
next,  on  account  of  a  particular  engagement;  &  accord- 
ingly without  a  particular  vote  the  President  notified 
the  Society  to  meet  at  his  house  in  Franklin  Place  on 
Wednesday  next. 

Broke  up  at  eleven  o'clock. 

Wednesday  J  Ocf  23,  1805 

The  Society  met  at  Mr.  Gardiner's  at  seven  o'clock, 
The  Secretary  read  a  review  of  White's  oration,  which 
was  accepted.  In  the  absence  of  the  Editor,  M' 
Buckminster  read  Rev"^  D'  Elliotts  review  of  a  farewell 
Sermon  by  M'  Weare  at  Hingham  &  also  D'  E'  re- 
view of  M'  Whitney's  sermon  on  the  ordination  of 
Perez  Lincoln  at  Gloucester.  It  was  voted  to  accept 
both  reviews,  &  that  the  Editor  should  abridge  &  alter 
them  for  the  purposes  of  publication. 

M'  B.  also  read  a  communication,  supposed  to  be 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  39 

from  D'  Waterhouse,  on  certain  errors  in  Morse's 
geography  respecting  the  Quakers ;  but,  as  it  ap- 
peared to  cast  reflections  of  an  illiberal  nature,  &  was 
not  of  much  importance,  it  was,  on  motion  of  M'  B. 
voted  not  to  be  accepted.  M'  B.  also  read  a  foolish 
piece  of  poetry  from  somebody  in  Newbury  Street  on  a 
dead  or  dropped  child.  It  was  so  absurd,  that  the 
disposal  of  it  was  not  worth  a  vote. 

M'  B.  then  read  a  communication  from  Rev**  D' 
Elliott/  proposing  certain  queries  on  antiquities,  & 
making  some  remarks^  on  the  errors  in  Marshall's 
life  of  Washington,  respecting  the  Brownists,  their 
religious  opinions,  &c  &c  Voted  to  be  accepted  & 
published.  M'  B.  then  read  a  political  piece  from 
M'  Ames^  of  Dedham.  The  Society  thought  a  poor 
thing,  but  as  Mr.  Ames  was  the  author  &  as  we  had 
solicited  his  assistance,  it  was  voted  to  be  accepted. 
M'  B.  also  read  a  letter  from  Winthrop  Sargeant  to 
M'  Emerson  on  the  beauties  of  Palermo,  which, 
it  was  voted,  should  be  accepted.  M'  B.  then  read  a 
"  Sylva "  ^  from  M'  Norton,^  a  young  friend  of  the 
Editor's,    which,    it    was    voted,    should    be    accepted, 

1  John  Eliot,  pastor  of  New  North  Church,  Boston,  1779-1 813  ;  and  a 
founder  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

»  See  'The  Monthly  Anthology  for  November,  1805,  volume  2,  pages 
562-563. 

'  Fisher  Ames. 

*  <'SIlva,"  a  department  of  The  Monthly  Anthology  described  by  the 
editor  as  "a  repository  for  curious  remarks  on  men  and  manners,  and 
literary  fragments  and  novelties."    It  began  in  the  number  for  March,  1805. 

*  Andrews  Norton,  later  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Anthology 
Society. 


40  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

with  the  exception  of  an  article  on  Sir  W""  Jones, 
which  the  Editor  is  not  to  publish.  M'  Tudor  read 
a  review  of  "  Harris'  Tour  to  Ohio,"  &  it  was  voted 
to  be  accepted.  M'  Emerson  was  appointed  to  re- 
view Sherman's  unitarian  tract.  M'  Peter  Thacher 
was  chosen  to  review,  or  cause  to  be  reviewed,  the 
first  volume  of  "  Williams'  Term  Reports." 

Voted,  That  M'  Emerson  be  requested  to  write  to 
Rev^  M'  Bancroft^  &  desire  him  to  review  "  Marshall's 
Life  of  Washington."  The  Society  had  requested  John 
Q.  Adams  Esq.  many  months  past,  to  review  this  work, 
which  he  promised  to  do ;  but  various  political  & 
literary  engagements  preventing  his  execution  of  the 
intention  for  the  present,  the  Society  determined  that 
there  should  be  [no]  further  delay  of  reviewing  so 
important  a  work,  &  it  was  disposed  of  accordingly. 

Voted,  That  the  Editor  request  Rev**  D'  EUiott  to 
review  the  first  vol.  of  Holmes'    "  American  Annals." 

Voted,  That  there  be  an  assessment  of  ^2.  laid  on  each 
member,  to  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer,  to  defray  the  ex- 
pences  of  suppers  for  the  present.  On  this  subject  the 
Society  agreed,  that  the  gentleman,  who  may  prepare  a 
supper,  shall  be  excused  from  any  share  of  the  expence. 

After  this  vote  about  9  o'clock  the  Society  sat  down 
to  supper.  Much  good  talk  &  pleasant  humour 
prevailed.  After  some  desultory  remarks  from  various 
members  on  the  subject  of  a  library,  it  was   Voted  on 

1  Aaron  Bancroft,  a  Unitarian  minister  at  Worcester,  father  of  George 
Bancroft. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  41 

motion  of  M'  Emerson,  seconded  by  M'  Shaw,  That 
a  LIBRARY  of  periodical  publications  be  instituted  for 
the  use  of  the  Society.  M'  Gardiner  then  offerred  to 
present  a  large  number  of  the  Volumes  of  the  Gentle- 
man's Magazine.  This  offer  was  accepted  &  the  thanks 
of  the  Society  were  on  motion  presented  to  him  there- 
for. M'  Emerson  made  an  offer  of  20  vols,  of  the 
European  Magazine,  Monthly  Magazine,  Analytical  & 
Critical  reviews,  &  various  vols,  of  Newspapers.  The 
thanks  of  the  Society  were  presented  to  him  for  these 
gifts.  M'  Tudor  offerred  to  present  several  N"'  of 
the  Mercure  de  France  &  La  Decade.  This  offer  was 
accepted.  M'  Shaw  presents  various  N°'  of  the  Anti 
Jacobin,  &  he  received  the  thanks  of  the  Society. 

M'  Buckminster  presents  several  loose  N°'  of  the 
Monthly  Review,  &  received  the  thanks  of  the  Society. 

Voted-,  That  the  Standing  Committee  draw  up  regu- 
lations for  the  library,  &  make  all  necessary  arrange- 
ments relative  thereto. 

Voted-,  That  the  several  donors  of  books  this  evening 
send  their  gifts  to  the  Librarian's  office. 

Votedy  That  the  Society  purchase  of  M'  Welles 
Aikin's  review  3  Vols,  for  which  M'  Welles  agreed 
to  debit  the  Society  in  ace'. 

M'  Welles  was  also  requested  to  send  for  the  volumes 
of  the  Edinburgh  Review  after  the  5"",  as  they  might  be 
published  in  G.  Britain,  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 

M'  Tudor  presented  for  publication  various  letters 
on   his   travels   in   Italy,   reduced   into   form   from   his 


42  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

journal ;  the  Society  accepted  them  with  great  pleasure 
&  returned  him  their  thanks. 

The  whole  evening  passed  away  very  pleasantly. 
The  party  broke  up  at  1 1  o'clock  to  meet  at  M' 
Emerson's  on  Thursday  31  Oct'  precisely  at  7.  &  it 
was  agreed  to  dispatch  the  business  in  an  hour  &  to 
go  to  supper  at  8   o'clock. 

"Thursday  Ocf  2^j  1805 

The  Society  met  as  usual.  M'  Gardiner  read  a 
review  of  "  Moore's  Anacreon,"  which  was  accepted. 
M'  P.  Thacher  read  a  review  of  "  the  mensuration 
of  timber"  &  another  of  "Judge  Chase's  Trial,"  both 
of  which  were  accepted.  M'  S.  Thacher  read  a  re- 
view of  Dufief's  work  for  Teaching  the  French  lan- 
guage, written  by  John  Pickering  Esq.  of  Salem, 
which  was  accepted,  &  D'  Jackson  was  requested  to 
thank  him  for  the  same  in  the  name  of  the  Society. 
M'  Dana  read  a  review  of  Mr.  Patten's  discourse  at 
Newport  which  was  accepted.  M'  S.  Thacher  read 
a  review  of  "  The  Memoirs  of  the  Amer°  Ac''  of  Arts 
and  Sciences  "  by  Professor  Webber,^  to  be  continued, 
which  was  also  accepted. 

M'  Peter  Thacher  then  informed  the  Society,  that 
such  was  the  various  nature  &  heavy  pressure  of  his 
business  &  duties,  that  he  could  not  make  it  conven- 
ient to  meet  every  week,  &  therefore  he  desired  to  be 
allowed  to  be  present  only  once  a  month.     The  Society 

1  Samuel  Webber,  President  of  Harvard  University,  1 806-1810. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  43 

were  sorry  to  lose  him,  but  on  its  being  stated  by  M' 
Buckminster,  that  M'  Thacher  would  not  recede  from 
his  intention,  the  Society  were  willing  to  grant  his  re- 
quest, though  no  formal  motion  was  made  on  the  sub- 
ject. After  this  the  S''  sat  down  to  supper  &  talked 
on  indifferent  matters.  A  Letter  from  Winthrop  Sar- 
geant  to  M'  Emerson  was  read,  on  the  late  earthquake 
at  Naples  ;  it  was  liked  &  on  motion  accepted.  A 
continuation  of  "The  Letters  to  Leinwha "  by  the 
same,  was  also  read,  but  it  was  rather  dull  &  so  it 
was  referred  to  the  judgment  of  the  Editor.  M' 
Gardiner  also  read  a  letter  describing  the  Falls  of 
Niagara  by  Frederick  Tudor,  a  young  friend  of  Mr. 
G.'s.  It  was  accepted.  Mr.  Buckminster  read  a  letter 
from  M'  Francis  Williams  of  Boston,  now  in  London, 
on  "  Bonaparte  &  the  Empress  &c."  This  received 
high  praise  &  was  accepted  with  pleasure. 

M'  Emerson  gave  the  S''  an  invitation  to  dinner  on 
this  day  fortnight  at  4^  to  do  the  general  affairs  of  the 
Anthology  &  particularly  to  read  various  new  poems 
by  M'  Ladd,  hitherto  unedited,  &  to  consult  concern- 
ing a  new  edition,  much  enlarged,  of  that  author's 
poetry.  M'  E.  had  long  promised  this  dinner  &  the 
S.  were  now  glad  that  the  time  was  fixed. 

M'  Buckminster  moved  &  it  was  voted.  That  the 
Society  write  a  retrospect  of  Literature  in  America  for 
six  months  ending  in  June  1806  ;  &  the  parts  were  thus 
assigned.  Editions  and  translations  of  the  Classics  to 
M'  Gardiner ;   Poetry  &  Belles  Lettres  to  M'  Dana  & 


44  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

S.  Thacher;  Works  on  Law  to  M'  P.  Thacher;  Polit- 
ical &  historical  Works  to  M'  Shaw  &  Mr.  Walter; 
Medicine,  Chymistry  &c  to  D"  Warren  &  Jackson  ; 
&  the  Theological  department  to  M""  Emerson,  M' 
Buckminster,   M'  Gray   &   M'  Tuckerman. 

A  new  edition  of  the  "  debates  on  the  Constitu- 
tion in  the  Virginia  Convention "  was  assigned  for 
review  to  M'  Walter.  The  New  edition  of  Morse's 
Geography  was  assigned  for  review  to  M'  S.  Thacher. 
Much  conversation  on  interesting  topics  detained  the 
Society  very  pleasantly   till  after   12  o'clock. 

To  meet  at  M'  Welles'  on  Monday  next  at  7. 
The  constitutional  day  was  inconvenient  to  many 
members. 

Monday  Nov''  4,  1 805 

It  was  very  inconvenient  to  meet  at  M'  Welles' 
this  evening  &  therefore  M""  Gardiner  at  very  short 
notice  took  the  trouble  of  convening  the  S.  at  his 
house  in  Franklin  Place.  Mr.  Shaw  read  a  letter  of 
thanks  from  D""  Waterhouse,  in  answer  to  one  which 
M'  Buckminster  had  written  him  by  desire  of  the 
S.  An  assessment  of  $1  on  each  member  was  again 
made  this  evening,  for  the  expence  of  the  suppers. 
There  was  no  business  of  any  kind  transacted ;  M' 
Walter  gave  notice,  that  he  should  at  the  next  meeting 
move  for  the  admission  of  D'  Howard,^  as  a  member. 

The  S.  adjourned  at   ii|  to  meet  Thursday  week. 

1  The  Boston  Directory  for  1806  mentions  John  C.  Howard,  physician, 
Lynde  Street. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  45 

Thursday  Nov"   1 4,  1805 

The  Society  met  at  Mr.  Emerson's.  Many  of 
D'  Ladd's  poems,  not  found  in  the  collection,  were 
read ;  but  the  S.  was  not  much  gratified.  No  par- 
ticular determination  was  made  respecting  their  pub- 
lication. M'  Emerson  will  however  write  a  short 
life  of  the  author  &  will  select  the  best  manuscript 
&  newspaper  productions  of  Ladd  for  a  new  edition. 
After  dinner  M'  Walter  read  a  review  of  the  5'''  Vol. 
of  His.  Col.  No  nomination  was  made  for  the  ad- 
mission of  D'  Howard,  as  it  appeared  that  D"  Warren 
&  Jackson  knew  not  of  his  nomination  being  in- 
tended.    Adjourned  about  9  o'clock. 

'Thursday  Nov''  21,  1805 

The  S.  met  agreeably  to  previous  information 
at  M'  Thacher's.  A  prologue  &  epilogue  to  the 
tragedy  of  Cato,  written  by  a  M'  Dunham  ^ ;  &  a 
piece  of  poetry  on  a  "  Fly  saved  from  drowning " 
were  read  by  the  Editor  &  after  some  doubt  and 
delay  the  first  were  voted  to  be  inserted ;  &  the 
second  was  readily  accepted,  perhaps  because  it  was 
perfectly  ridiculous. 

M'  Emerson  read  a  communication  from  Rev''  D' 
Morse  for  himself  &  Rev''  M'  Parish  in  answer  to 
the  review  of  their  history  of  New  England,   in   the 

1  Probably  Josiah  Dunham  of  New  Hampshire,  Captain  of  the  Sixteenth 
United  States  Infantry,  1 799-1 800;  and  of  the  Artillerists,  1802-1808. 


46  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

last  N°  of  the  Anthology.  He  accompanied  the 
reading  with  various  remarks,  &  the  S.  commented 
on  the  whole  subject  in  the  form  of  general  conver- 
sation. At  the  supper  table  it  was  voted^  That  the 
communication  be  published  in  the  next  N°  of  the 
A.  &  it  was  then  voted  unanimously,  that  M'  Em- 
erson, the  reviewer,  write  annotations  on  the  same  & 
that  they  be  read  to  the  Society. 

The  subject  of  the  notice  to  make  a  nomination 
of  D'  Howard  for  admission  to  this  S.  was  then  dis- 
cussed, both  of  the  physicians  D"  Warren  &  Jack- 
son being  present.  A  very  long  conversation  ensued. 
Both  of  the  physicians  were  decidedly  opposed  to 
the  measure  &  gave  several  reasons  therefor.  A  va- 
riety of  explanations  of  their  own,  D'  Howard's,  & 
the  S's  relative  situations,  with  some  personal  con- 
siderations from  individuals  In  the  Society  &  some 
remarks  on  gentlemen  out  of  the  S.  were  made, 
noticed  &  discussed  &  by  general  agreement  no 
nomination   was  made   &  the   subject  was  abandoned. 

M^  Emerson  brought  on  the  subject  of  suppers  at 
his  house  once  a  month,  which  he  stated  as  being 
too  frequent  &  as  Inconvenient  &  disagreeable ;  but 
after  much  talk  nothing  definitive  was  decided.  Some 
conversation  took  place  on  a  wish  expressed  by  M' 
Gardiner,  that  every  piece  to  be  published  In  the  A. 
should  be  read  to  the  S.  &  commented  on  before 
publication,  in  the  same  manner,  as  the  reviews  are 
read    to    the    S;    this  was   grounded    on    the   opinion 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  47 

entertained  by  the  public,  that  ^  the  S.  is  responsible 
as  well  for  the  Anthology  department  as  for  the 
Reviews  dep'.  Some  of  the  members  approved  the 
(M'  G°)  idea,  &  others  were  opposed  to  the  plan. 
M'  Buckminster  thought,  that  if  M'  G's  wish  was 
not  agreed  to,  it  would  be  proper  for  the  Editor  to 
give  notice,  of  what  the  S.  considered  themselves 
responsible  for.  No  particular  determination  took 
place,  but  it  was  voted.  That  hereafter  every  "  Re- 
marker  "  ^  should  be  read  to  the  S.  previously  to  its 
publication.  M'  Shaw,  it  was  voted,  should  write  or 
cause  to  be  written  the  next  N°  of  the  Remarker. 

Voted,  That  another  assessment  of  $1.  be  laid  on 
each  member  of  the  S. 

Voted,  That  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  procure 
from  M'[']  S.  Parker  two  or  three  book-cases,  belonging 
to  the  late  Rev''  D'  P.^  for  the  library  of  the  S.  &  to 
be  placed  in  Mr.  W'  office. 

Voted,  That  the  Editor  desire  of  the  Printers,  that  a 
sufficient  number  of  pages  be  added  to  the  N°  of  the 
A.  for  Decem'  to  complete  the  publication  of  "  Sacon- 
tala  "  ;  &  if  necessary  that  the  expence  thereof  be  de- 
ducted from  the  money  accruing  to  the  S.  from  the  A. 
A  general  wish  seemed  to  prevail  that  the  S.  be  en- 

^  Written  "the"  in  original. 

2  <«  Remarker,"  a  department  of  The  Monthly  Anthology,  written  by  the 
members  in  turn,  given  chiefly  to  moral  reflections  and  literary  criticism 
with  the  intention  <*  either  to  instruct  or  entertain."  It  began  in  the 
number  for  September,  1805. 

*  Samuel  Parker,  rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  from  1779  until 
1804;  Bishop  of  Massachusetts,  1 803-1 804. 


48  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

larged,  in  consequence  of  the  absence  of  M'  Tudor, 
the  excused  attendance  of  M'  P.  Thacher  but  once 
a  month,  &  the  necessary  absence  of  D"  W.  &  J. 
No  names  were  however  mentioned,  that  met  with 
acceptance  generally,  but  M'  R.  Gardiner  &  M'  B. 
Welles.  No  vote  or  determination  was  made.  M' 
Gardiner  mentioned  that  he  would  see  whether  his 
cousin  R.  G.  would  like  it,  for  he  could  not  say 
that  it  would  be  agreeable  to  him.  Much  pleasant 
conversation  &  good  humour  prevailed ;  the  last 
members  went  away  at  12,  &  the  S.  is  to  meet  to- 
morrow week  at  M'  Welles'  &  in  case  of  accident 
at  M'  Gardiner's. 

Friday  Nov""  29,  1805 

The  S.  met,  talked,  supped  &  adjourned  to  this 
night  week  to  meet  at  M'  Gardiner's. 

Friday  Dec''  6,  1805 

This  evening  the  meeting  was  very  full. 

M'  Gardiner  read  a  letter  from  Mes'  Riley  &  C° 
Booksellers  in  N.  York  to  Munroe  &  Francis,  stating 
that  they  had  forwarded  for  review  in  the  A.  a  variety 
of  books  &  offerring  to  become  the  agents  of  the  pub- 
lication in  N.  Y''  &c.  Mr.  Welles  mentioned  that 
Rev*^  D'  Morse  had  applied  to  him  for  the  late 
communication  on  the  review  of  his  book  in  the  A. 
M'  S.  Thacher  &  M'  Emerson  promised  that  it 
should    be   given  up  to  him  agreeably   to    his    desire. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  49 

M'.  Emerson's  discourse  before  the  Female  Asylum 
was  committed  to   M'  Gray  for  review. 

Votedy  That  the  Committee,  who  framed  the  Con- 
stitution, be  requested  to  make  laws  &  regulations 
for  the  library.  M'  Shaw  reported,  that  M"  Parker 
did  not  wish  to  sell  the  bookcases,  belonging  to  the 
late  Rev"  D^  Parker. 

Votedy  That  M'  B.  Welles  be  put  on  nomination 
for  admission  as  a  member  of  the  S. 

Votedy  on  motion  of  M'  Shaw,  That  the  members, 
who  furnish  the  suppers,  present  to  the  Treasurer 
for  payment  a  bill  of  the  expence  of  the  suppers, 
which  each  of  them  has  given,  the  meeting  after 
such  supper,  or  else  be  debarred  from  any  right  of 
payment  therefor. 

Votedy  That  a  maximum  of  price  for  suppers  be 
fixed.  After  much  variety  of  desultory  &  of  neces- 
sary talk,  this  maximum  was  voted  to  be  $9.  &  it 
was  understood,  that  the  Supper-furnishers  should 
not  be  exempted  from  the  assessment. 

Votedy  That  M""  Robert  Gardiner  be  put  on  nomi- 
nation for  admission.  M'  S.  Thacher  read  reviews 
of  Wettenhall's  Gk.  Grammar  &  Farrand's  course  of 
Latin  studies,  which  were  accepted. 

Votedy  That  an  assessment  of  $2.  be  laid  on  each 
member. 

The  S.  adjourned  at  J  before  I2  to  meet  on 
Thursday  next  at  M^  W.  Wells'. 


50  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Thursday  Dec"  12,  1805 

The  S.  met  agreeably  to  adjournment.  The  Editor 
read  the  review  roll,  but  nothing  was  produced.  The 
Secretary  read  two  resolutions  drawn  up  by  M'  Shaw, 
as  follows, 

Resolved^  That  Mess"  Munroe  &  Francis  be  re- 
quested to  give  to  the  Society  before  Thursday  the 
26*''  of  December  a  full  &  correct  list  of  all  the  sub- 
scribers to  the  Anthology,  naming  the  state  &  town 
in  which  they  live  arranged  in  the  following  manner 
...  all  the  subscribers  Hving  in  Massachusetts,  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont  &c  &c  to  be  put  down  under 
those  different  states,  which  list  shall  be  kept  by  the 
Secretary.  Also  Voted,  That  at  the  same  time  they  lay 
before  the  Society  an  account  of  the  number  of  the  first 
volumes,  they  have  sold  this  year  —  and  of  the  odd 
numbers,  which  they  have  disposed  of  to  nonsub- 
scribers,  &  an  account  of  all  monies  they  have  received 
in  behalf  of  the  Anthology  since  January  1805.  These 
resolutions  being  read  a  second  time  severally  passed 
&  the  Editor  is  to  present  them   to  the  Printers. 

Voted,  That  the  Editor  be  requested  to  prefix  a 
short  advertisement  to  the  Volume  of  the  Anthol- 
ogy. Holmes'  ordination  sermon  was  assigned  for 
review  to  M'  Harris.^ 

Voted,  That  the  meaning  of  the  lo""  Article  of  the 
Constitution  is  &  ought  to  be,  that  the  days  of  nomi- 

1  Thaddeus  Mason  Harris,  librarian  at  Harvard  College,  1791-1793; 
pastor  of  the  First  Church  at  Dorchester,  1793-1839. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  51 

nation  &  admission  be  reckoned  inclusive,  so  that 
a  person  nominated  may  be  admitted  on  tfie  fourth 
meeting  of  the  S.  after  the  nomination  meeting. 

Much  conversation  connected  with  the  publication 
took  place  during  the  course  of  the  evening.  The 
meeting  was  pleasant  and  was  adjourned  to  meet  at 
M'  Emerson's  on  Thursday  next  Dec'  i^^\ 

Thursday  Dec'  19'''  1805 

The  Secretary  read  a  review  of  the  discourse  of 
D'  Elliot  at  the  ordination  of  M'  Edes  by  M'  Gray. 
It  was  considered  too  fulsome  &  flattering  &  Mr. 
Emerson  was  desired  to  re-write  it,  which  he  promised 
to  do.  The  Sec''  then  read  some  poetry  from  N.  Yk, 
signed  "  Ladinus "  which  was  accepted.  M'  Buck- 
minster  read  M'  Gray's  review  of  M'  Emerson's 
sermon  before  the  "  Female  asylum  "  Institution. 
This  was  also  full  of  exaggerated  praise,  but  was 
accepted  with  Mr.  B'  alterations.  M'  Emerson 
read  his  Silva. 

M'  Gardiner  read  a  "  Remarker "  which  was  ac- 
cepted, after  a  little  debate.  M'  Dana  read  a  review 
of  the  "  Gamesters  "  a  novel  by  Miss  Warren.  M' 
Shaw  read  a  proposal,  signed  by  himself  &  the  Sec'', 
respecting  furnishing  matter  for  the  eight  pages  ad- 
ditional, in  the  ensuing  N°'  of  the  Anthology;  this 
proposal  was  accepted  &  is  on  file.  M'  Bowen's 
discourse  &c  was  assigned  for  review  to  the  Sec''. 

Mason's    Supplement    to    Johnson's    dictionary  was 


52  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

assigned  to  M'  Gardiner  to  be  noticed.  "  The  First 
Settlers  in  Virginia  ",  an  historical  tale,  was  assigned 
to  M'  Tuckerman  for  review.  A  French  Grammar 
was  assigned  to  M'  Emerson  to  procure  a  review. 
"  Cullen's  lines "  &c  was  assigned  to  D'  Jackson  for 
notice  &  the  Editor  is  to  deliver  it  to  him.  "  Term 
Reports "  in  the  State  of  New  York,  reports  in  the 
court  of  Error  in  that  State  &  "  Lex  Mercatoria 
Americana  "  assigned  to  M'  Peter  Thacher  for  review. 
"  Fleetwood "  a  novel,  was  assigned  for  notice  to 
M'  Dana. 

Voted^  That  M'  Shaw  deliver  to  the  D"  a  certain 
inaugural  medical  disputation  to  be  reviewed.  Ad- 
journed  at    12    o'clock   to    meet   next    Friday   at  M' 

Thachers. 

Friday  Dec''  27,   1805 

Mr.  Buckminster,  after  the  opening  of  the  meet- 
ing  read   some    light  poetry   by    Greene,   which 

however  was  not  much  relished,  &  therefore  not  ac- 
cepted. The  Editor  read  the  review  roll.  The 
Sec''  read  a  review  of  M'  Bowen's  discourse  on 
the  death  of  Gen'  Gadsden,  which  was  accepted. 
M'  Emerson  read  an  answer  to  Rev**  D'  Morse  & 
Rev"*  M'  Parish's  letter  on  the  review  of  their  "com- 
pendious history  of  N.  England,"  which  was  ac- 
cepted after  some  alterations  &  explanations.  M' 
Walter  moved  that  M'  Benj"  Welles  be  chosen  a 
member  of  the  Society,  &  being  seconded,  he  was 
accordingly  chosen. 


THE    SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  53 

M'  Buckminster  moved  that  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner 
be  chosen  a  member  of  the  S.,  this  was  seconded  & 
he  was  chosen.  "  American  Travels  in  Europe " 
were  assigned  to  M'  Welles  for  review.  Snowdens 
history  of  America  &  the  trial  of  the  Judges  in 
Pennsylvania  were  assigned  to  M'  Shaw  for  review. 
After  supper  M'  Shaw  read  a  review  of  the  life  of 
D'  Johnson,  Pres*  of  Columbia  College  N.  Y.  which 
was  accepted.  After  a  pleasant  evening  the  S.  adj"*  to 
meet  at  M'  Gardiner's  next  Friday  ev^. 

Jan'  J"*  1806 

Agreeably  to  adjournment  the  S.  met  at  M'  Gar- 
diner's. Little  business  was  done.  M'  Welles  & 
M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  were  present.  A  medical  work  on 
the  last  fever  at  N.  York  was  assigned  for  review  to 
the  Physicians  of  the  S.  The  Federalist  was  assigned 
to  M'  Shaw.  An  assessment  of  %i.  was  ordered. 
Adj**  to  Thursday  next  to  M^  Wells'. 

JarC  9*'^  1806 

M'  Wells  received  the  Society  at  his  lodgings 
agreeably  to  adjournment. 

M'  Shaw  moved  &  it  was  seconded,  that  M' 
Dana  undertake  the  care  &  direction  of  the  poetical 
department  of  the  A.  This  was  voted  accordingly, 
M'  Dana  making  a  faint  opposition. 

Votedy  on  motion  of  M'  Shaw  that  the  Printers 
leave   at   his    office   all    the    Newspapers,   which    they 


54  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

receive  in  exchange  for  the  A ;  M'  Shaw  at  the 
same  time  saying  that  he  would  select  the  best  & 
bring  them  every  meeting  for  the  perusal  of  the 
members.  A  new  edition  of  "Democracy  unveiled" 
was  assigned  to  M'  Gardiner  for  review  or  notice. 
A  little  work  on  the  United  States  was  assigned  to 
M'  S.  Thacher  for  review. 

M'  Welles  moved  that  a  committee  be  appointed 
for  the  particular  purpose  of  procuring  subscribers  to 
the  A.  This  being  seconded  was  voted  accordingly 
&  M^  Welles,  M'  Shaw  &  M^  R.  H.  Gardiner  were 
chosen.  M'  S.  Thacher,  after  having  intimated  that 
some  persons  unconnected  with  the  S.  had  considered 
him  as  the  Editor  of  the  A.,  &  that  in  the  S.  It  had 
always  been  agreed  &  understood,  that  no  Individual 
was  the  responsible  director  of  the  publication  ;  &  that 
he  should  in  consequence  of  the  apparent  responsibility 
as  Editor  resign  his  office  unless  the  constitution  was 
altered,  accordingly  moved,  that  the  word  "  Editor " 
be  expunged  from  the  Constitution  &  such  word  or 
phrase  be  used,  in  stead  thereof,  as  the  S.  might  think 
proper.  M'  Buckmlnster  seconded  the  motion,  which 
gave  rise  to  a  little  conversation  &  debate,  &  It  was  then 
voted  that  the  words  "  Superintending  Committee  "  be 
used  Instead  of  Editor.  With  this  alteration  M' 
Thacher  was  content  &  it  was  understood  that  this 
Committee  should  consist  of  one  member,  who  should 
be  Mr  Thacher.  The  S  adj"*  at  ill  to  meet  next 
Thursday  at  Mr.  Welles'. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  55 

Jarf  16""  1806 

Mr.  Welles  received  the  S.  at  his  house  in  Franklin 
place  agreeably  to  adjournment.  The  meeting  was 
thin.  The  President,  V.  President,  the  two  physicians 
as  usual,  &  M'  S.  Thacher  were  absent.  M'  Buck- 
minster  read  M'  Emerson's  revision  of  M'  Gray's 
review  of  Rev''  D'  Elliot's  ordination  sermon,  men- 
tioned before.  He  also  read  a  notice  of  the  American 
edition  of  D'  Cullen's  "  first  lines "  by  one  of  the 
Physicians.^  These  were  accepted.  He  then  read  D' 
Elliot's  review  of  Holmes  Annals.  This  review  was 
so  strangely  written,  with  such  a  mixture  of  good  & 
unimportant  matter,  with  such  curious  compliments  & 
remarks  in  so  singular  a  phraseology,  that  it  afforded 
much  pleasant  talk  to  the  Society.  After  reading  it 
M'  Buckminster  moved  &  it  was  seconded  &  voted 
accordingly  that  the  review  be  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee agreeably  to  the  ii***  article  of  the  constitution. 
M'  Buckminster,  M'  Shaw  &  M'  S.  Thacher  were 
appointed.  M'  Shaw  then  read  two  letters  one  from 
Judge  Cranch  ^  of  Washington  &  one  from  J.  Q. 
Adams  in  which  the  writers  expressed  great  approba- 
tion  of  the  Anthology. 

M'  Dana  agreed  to  undertake  the  care  of  the  poeti- 
cal department  of  the  A''.  He  had  however  a  little 
fear  that  the  volumes,  which  he  might  lend  the  printers 

^  James  Jackson. 

'■^  William  Cranch,  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for 
the  District  of  Columbia,  1 805-1 855. 


56  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

to  publish  the  marked  passages  would  be  injured  or 
lost  by  them  ;  M'  Shaw  soon  obviated  this  difficulty  by 
declaring,  that  he  would  be  responsible;  &  it  was 
regularly  voted  on  a  motion  seconded,  that  M'  Shaw 
should  be  security  for  the  printers  as  to  any  injury  or 
loss  happening  to  the  books,  lent  by  M""  Dana  for  the 
purposes  aforesaid. 

After  supper  &  round  the  fire  the  S.  discussed  the 
subject  of  inserting  in  the  A^  a  few  light  articles  like 
levities  to  be  headed  "  Sans  Souci."  M'  Buckminster 
wished  it  to  be  composed  of  extracts  entirely.  M' 
Dana  was  decidedly  opposed  to  extracts  &  wished  it  to 
be  original.  Some  doubted  of  its  utility,  but  others 
thought  that  it  might  be  a  good  thing.  M'  Buck- 
minster moved  that  it  should  be  read;  this  M'  Shaw 
opposed;  one  thought  that  it  would  too  much  resemble 
the  "  Silva ; "  but  M'  Shaw,  who  took  most  interest 
in  the  affair,  said  that  it  would  be  entirely  different. 
Finally  after  much  serious  remark  &  desultory  conver- 
sation, it  was  Voted,  That  there  should  be  a  "  Sans 
Souci  "  department  in  the  A'',  that  the  original  part 
should  be  read  to  the  S'',  &  that  the  extracts  should 
be  read  or  not  at  the  option  of  the  furnisher.  M' 
Shaw  provides  the  first  "Sans  Souci " -^  The  S''  had 
a  pleasant  evening  &  the  last  members  staid  till  after 
12.  No  place  of  meeting  was  provided  for  next 
time. 

*  In  the  number  for  January,  1806. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  57 

Thursday^  Jan^  23,  1806 

M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  invited  the  S.  to  his  house. 
Though  the  night  was  stormy,  the  meeting  was  full. 

M'  S.  Thacher  read  a  review  of  part  of  i"  Vol.  of 
Memoirs  of  Amer°  Acad''  of  Arts  &  Sci.  The  S.  was 
willing  to  dispense  with  reading  it,  as  they  placed  full 
reliance  on  the  abilities  &  candour  of  M'  Professor 
Webber,  the  author  of  the  review.  It  was  accepted. 
He  then  read  a  letter  from  Rev**  D'  Morse  on  the  old 
subject  of  dispute,  which  he  agrees  to  terminate ;  the 
letter  was  accepted  for  insertion  with  a  short  notice  by 
the  Super^  Com\  A  letter  from  Gilbert  &  Dean  on 
the  great  kindness  they  had  received  from  Col.  Hum- 
phreys,^ was  read  ;  they  thought  it  their  duty  to  protect 
the  Col.  from  the  severe  remark  in  the  last  "  re- 
marker  ; "  &  the  S.  agreed  that  the  Col.  should  be 
vindicated  by  inserting  in  our  work  the  letter^  &c. 
from  G'  &  Dean,  M'  Buckminster  read  "  Remarker 
N°  5."  He  then  read  a  review  by  a  gentleman,^  who 
does  not  wish  to  be  known,  of  the  British  pamphlet 
called  "  War  in  disguise  "  &c.  The  S.  thought  it  very 
well  done  &  readily  agreed  to  accept  it.  M'  B.  also 
read  M'  Tuckerman's  review  of  the  Indian  tale  by 
Mr.  Davis,  called  "the  first  Settlers  in  Virginia  &c," 
which  was  accepted. 

1  David  Humphreys  of  Connecticut.  For  the  criticism  of  his  poetical 
works,  see  The  Monthly  Anthology,  "Remarker,"  for  December,  1805, 
signed  by  J.  S.  J.   Gardiner,  volume  2,  pages  630-632. 

*  See   The  Monthly  Anthology  for  January,   1806,  volume  2,  page  53. 

*  Fisher  Ames. 


58  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  D'  Elliot's 
review  of  Holmes'  Annals  reported,  that  they  had  not 
been  able  to  communicate  with  the  reviewer,  but  should 
before  next  meeting.  Rev"*  M'  Porter's  Sermon  at 
the  ordination  of  M'  Charles  Lowell  was  assigned  to 
M'  Emerson  to  request  D'  Freeman  ^  to  review  it. 
M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  was  appointed  to  review  the 
Hisf  of  S.  Carolina  by  Drayton. 

M'  Buckminster,  it  was  voted,  should  notice  the 
Amer"  Edit"  of  Gibbon's  Hist'';  &  M^  Shaw  the  Amer" 
Edit"  of  Ferguson's  Roman  Repub\  M'  McCarthy's 
French  ode  to  the  Sovereigns  of  Europe,  M'  Gardiner 
said  he  would  ask  D'  Park^  to  review.  Rush's  Medical 
Works  were  assigned  to  D'  Warren  to  review.  M' 
W.  Wells  was  requested  &  promised  to  give  a  short 
notice  of  the  Amer"  Edit"  of  Akenside's  pleasures  of 
Imagination.     The  evening  past  away  very  pleasantly. 

The  S.  agreed  to  meet  next  Thursday  Ev^  at  M' 
Thachers,  &  all  the  members  had  gone  before  a  quar- 
ter past  twelve. 

»  James  Freeman,  pastor  of  the  Stone  Chapel,  Boston,  178a;  and  a 
founder  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

a  John  Park,  editor,  i  803-1 811,  of  The  Ne^  England  Repertory. 


RECORDS   OF   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY, 
VOL.    2 


RECORDS   OF  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY,  VOL.  2 

Thursday,  Ja7i^  30,  1806 

Agreeably  to  adjournment  the  S.  met  at  M' 
Thachers.  Rev''  M'  Gardiner  read  a  review  or  notice 
of  Mason's  Supplement  to  Johnson's  Dictionary,  & 
a  short  notice  of  the  new  edition  of  "  Democracy 
unveiled,"  both  were  accepted.  M'  Buckminster 
read  a  review  of  Hopkin's  life,  which  was  accepted. 
Before  supper  the  Secretary  began  to  read  a  long 
review  of  Williams'  Reports  of  the  Cases  adjudged  in 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Mass"'  i"  Vol.  The  review  was 
written  by  Judge  Smith  ^  of  N.  Hampshire  at  the 
request  of  M'  Buckminster,  with  whom  he  corre- 
sponded on  the  subject.  The  reading  was  suspended 
by  the  call  to  supper.  It  afterwards  was  recommenced 
by  the  Secretary.  In  the  course  of  the  review,  he  read 
a  note  by  Judge  Smith,  in  which  an  allusion  is  made  to 
"  Sullivan's  landtitles,"  of  a  severe  nature.  M'  Peter 
Thacher  moved,  that  the  allusion  be  struck  out  from 
the  note.  This  motion  gave  rise  to  a  very  long  & 
warm  debate  ;  it  was  supported  &  combatted  on  various 

^  Jeremiah  Smith,  later  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  the 
Anthology  Society. 


62  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

grounds  &  being  seconded  by  M'  S.  Thacher,  It  was 
at  length  put  by  the  Secretary  &  the  motion  did  not 
prevail,  there  being  two  for  striking  out  &  three 
against  it.  After  the  reading  was  finished,  it  was 
suggested  that  Judge  Smith  wished  it  to  be  submitted 
to  M'  Parsons  ^  &  therefore  no  general  vote  of  accep- 
tance or  not  should  be  passed,  till  the  correspondence 
between  Judge  S.  &  M'  Buckminster  was  read.  M' 
Buckminster  not  being  then  present  the  S.  suspended 
a  decision  till  he  came  in.  He  then  read  the  corre- 
spondence. It  was  then  voted  that  agreeably  to  Judge 
Smith's  wishes  the  review  should  be  submitted  to  the 
inspection  of  M'  Parsons,  previous  to  any  final  decision 
on  the  question  of  acceptance  &  that  his  alterations  if 
any  should  be  read  to  the  Society.  M'  Buckminster 
&  M""  Wells,  having  come  in  after  the  vote  with 
regard  to  the  note  on  Sullivan's  landtitles  were  regu- 
larly informed  of  the  debate  &  decision,  &  on  Mr.  B' 
expressing  a  dislike  to  the  vote  &  wishing  for  a  recon- 
sideration, Mr.  Peter  Thacher  moved  &  Mr  B 
seconded  the  motion  for  a  reconsideration  of  the  vote 
to  this  extent ;  that  there  might  not  be  any  decision 
on  the  subject,  but  that  it  might  be  left  open  for  future 
discussion.  M'  Dana  doubted  the  propriety  of  a  re- 
consideration, after  a  regular  vote,  although  the  gentle- 
men were  absent.  An  appeal  on  the  subject  was  made 
to   the    Secretary   (the  P.  &  V.  P.  were  absent)   &  he 

*  Theophilus  Parsons,  Chief  Justice   of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, 1 806-1 8 1 3. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  63 

decided,  that  it  was  in  order  &  competent  to  the  S.  to 
reconsider  the  vote. 

After  a  little  debate  the  question  for  reconsideration 
was  carried,  so  that  the  subject  stands  precisely  as  if  no 
discussion  had  been  made. 

M'  Welles  then  moved  that  all  discussions  on  the 
subject  of  the  note  or  review  should  cease  till  M' 
Parsons  alterations  were  made  known ;  this  beinsr 
seconded,  was  so  voted.  The  Secretary  then  intimated, 
that  it  would  be  proper  to  consider,  who  should  present 
it  to  M'  Parsons  &  when  it  should  be  presented.  M' 
Buckminster  said  that  he  considered  the  review  as  his 
private  property  &  not  belonging  to  the  S.  For  this 
opinion  he  gave  his  reasons.  M'  Shaw  denied  it,  that 
it  was  private  property.  The  subject  was  discussed 
very  warmly  in  conversation  &  an  appeal  was  made  to 
the  Secretary,  who  decided  that  the  review  belonged  to 
the  S.  for  this  reason,  that,  though  it  belonged  originally 
to  M'  Buckminster  in  consequence  of  his  private  cor- 
respondence with  Judge  Smith,  unsolicited  by  the  S.  & 
though  he  had  never  presented  it  to  the  S.,  yet  being 
present,  when  the  Sec^  first  began  to  read  it  making  no 
objection  to  any  part  of  it,  his  silence  must  be  con- 
sidered acquiescence  &  equivalent  to  a  regular  presenta- 
tion to  the  S.  &  the  Sec''  also  decided,  that  had  he 
struck  out  any  part  of  it,  previous  to  the  reading 
of  it,  it  would  not  have  been  competent  to  the  S. 
to  restore  the  part,  so  struck  out,  without  M'  B' 
consent.     These   were    questions    of  order    or    similar 


64  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

thereto  &  of  course  are  inserted  at  length,  so  that 
future  proceedings  may  be  orderly  regulated.  M'  Shaw 
moved  &  it  was  seconded  by  M'  Dana,  that  M'  Buck- 
minster  present  the  review  for  inspection  to  M'  Parsons 
immediately,  so  that  the  review  &  alterations  might  be 
decided  upon  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  S.  This 
motion  was  discussed  &  being  put,  it  did  not  prevail. 

M'  Wells  then  moved  &  it  was  seconded  that  M' 
Buckminster  present  the  review  to  M'  Parsons  & 
that  he  submit  M'  P''  alterations  to  the  S.  when  & 
where  he  pleases.  This  motion  gave  rise  to  much 
warm  debate  &  interesting  conversation,  &  on  being 
finally  put,  it  was  carried  in  the  affirmative.  M' 
Shaw  then  moved  that  Yeas  &  Nays  be  taken  on  the 
last  vote ;  this  was  seconded  by  M'  Buckminster,  & 
voted  unanimously.  The  names  were  then  called  by 
the  Sec^  M^  Wells,  Yea.  M^  Peter  Thacher,  Yea. 
M'  Shaw,  Nay.  M'  Buckminister,  Yea.  M'  Dana, 
Nay.  M^  S.  Thacher,  Yea.  M^  R.  H.  Gardiner,  Yea. 
Five  Yeas  &  Two  Nays. 

The  warmth  of  loose  conversation  continued  without 
any  regular  debate  &  M'  Wells  moved  &  it  was  sec- 
onded that  all  conversation  &  discussion  on  the  subject 
of  the  review  or  any  part  of  it,  or  any  thing  connected 
with  it,  should  cease,  till  M'  Parsons'  alterations  were 
read.  This  was  so  voted  unanimously.  Thus  closed 
the  debates  on  an  interesting  subject,  which  excited 
the  feelings  of  every  member  to  a  greater  degree 
than  had  ever  been  known  before.     The  Salem  Col- 


THE   SOCIETY'S    JOURNAL  65 

lection  of  Psalmody  was  assigned  to  M'  P.  Thacher 
for  review. 

The  S.  agreed  to  meet  at  M'  Emerson's  next  Thurs- 
day, agreeably  to  his  desire  expressed  to  M'  P.  Thacher, 

6  all  the  members  had  dispersed  by  12  o'clock. 

FebK  6'\  Thursday,  1806 

The  S.  met  at  M'  Emerson's,  as  per  adjournment. 
The  Secretary  by  desire  read  a  letter  to  M'  Emerson 
from  M'  Dufief  *  of  Philadelphia  on  the  subject  of  the 
Anthology.      M'   D.   forwarded  $16   &  the  names  of 

7  Subscribers  among  which  was  the  name  of  the  cele- 
brated General  Moreau.^  The  Society  voted  that  the 
money  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  to  be  given  to  Mess. 
Munroe  &  Francis  with  the  subscribers'  names. 

Foted,  also  That  M'  Emerson  return  an  answer  to 
M'  Dufief  in  the  name  of  the  S.  as  well  as  in  his 
own. 

FoUdj  That  Professor  Webber  be  presented  with  the 
2'^  Vol.  of  the  Anthology. 

The  Secretary  moved  &  being  seconded  in  the  mo- 
tion, it  was  voted,  after  some  explanatory  debate,  that  a 
new  head  be  added  to  the  department  of  Review,  to  be 
called  "  Notices",^  in  which  a  short  account  &  general 
criticism  shall  be  given  of  all  foreign  works  reprinted  in 
this  country.     Agreeably  to  this  Ketts  Elements  were 

^  Nicholas  Gouin  Dufief. 

2  Jean  Victor  Moreau,  French  general  of  the  Napoleonic  period. 

8  This  department  began  in  the  number  for  March,  1806. 

5 


66  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

assigned  to  M'  S.  Thacher  to  be  noticed ;  Savage's 
works  to  M'  Dana;  Carres  Northern  Summer  to  M' 
Shaw  ;  Knox's  Winter  evenings  to  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner; 
Strangford's  Camoens  to  M'  Walter.  M'  Buckminster 
was  requested  by  vote  to  write  a  notice  of  the  Port  folio 
for  the  head  of  Literary  Intelligence.  A  Sermon  by 
Rev**  D'  Lathrop  of  W.  Springfield  on  the  opening  of 
the  Bridge,  was  assigned  for  review  to  M'  Emerson. 
M'  Buckminster  was  requested  to  give  a  long  review  or 
a  short  notice  of  the  Philadelphia  edition  of  Xeno- 
phon's  Cyropedia. 

Votedy  on  the  motion  of  M'  Buckminster  that  the 
Notices  be  read  to  the  S.  in  the  same  way  as  the 
reviews.  M'  Welles  read  a  review  of  "  Letters  from 
Europe  "  by  a  M'  Sansom  of  Philadelphia,  which  was 
accepted. 

The  S^  adjourned  to  Rev''  M'  Gardiners  to  meet 
next  Thursday. 

N.  B.  The  Sec'''s  motion  on  "  Notices  "  was  done  at 
the  suggestion  of  M'  Shaw. 

Feb'  13,  Thursday,   1806 

At  Rev**  M'  Gardiner's,  M'  Emerson  read  a  review 
of  Rev*^  D'  Lathrop's  sermon,  assigned  at  the  last 
meeting.  Voted  to  be  accepted.  M'  Dana  read  his 
Remarker  N°  6  ;  which  was  accepted. 

"The  Christian  Monitor"  was  assigned  to  M'  Emer- 
son for  review.  In  the  course  of  conversation  the 
President  wished  to  be  informed  respecting  the  debate 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  67 

on  the  evening  of  the  30""  Jan''  &  It  was  voted  on  mo- 
tion of  M'  Shaw  that  the  Sec*'  read  the  record  of  that 
evening's  proceedings ;  after  which  considerable  con- 
versation ensued  on  the  subject  of  Judge  Smith's  re- 
view. D'  Lathrop's  (of  W.  Springfield)  sermon  on 
"old  age,"  was  assigned  to  M'  Wells  for  review.  The 
S.  meets  next  Thursday  at  M'  Wells'. 

Feb'  2o'\  Thursday,  1806 

The  Sy  met  at  M'  Thacher's,  as  it  was  not  convenient 
for  M'  Wells  to  receive  them. 

The  Sec*"  being  absent,  M'  Shaw  was  chosen  Sec'' 
pro  tempore.  M'  Buckmlnster  read  a  review  of  M' 
Porter's  ordination  sermon  &c  by  Rev*^  M'  Freeman 
this  was  accepted,  excepting  a  criticism  on  "  meshes  " 
in  M'  Buckminster's  right  hand  of  fellowship.  D' 
Jackson  read  a  review  of  a  pamphlet  on  respiration, 
being  the  Inaugural  dissertation  or  some  such  thing, 
written  &  printed  at  N.  York.  M'  Emerson  Informed 
the  S.  that  M'  Gray  requested  the  company  of  the 
S.  to  dinner  at  Jamaica  Plains  next  Thursday  &  the 
S.  agreed  to  accept  the  invitation.  M""  Gray's  review 
of  M'  Emerson's  sermon  was  read  &  accepted.  A 
Latin  Poem  on  "  Nothing "  was  submitted  to  M"" 
Gardiner  to  read  &  report  thereon.  "  Valerian"  a  poem 
by  Linn  was  assigned  to  M'  S.  Thacher  for  review. 
Rev"*  M'  Gardiner,  M^  Walter  &  M^  Dana  staid  as 
usual  till  after  i  o'clock. 


68  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Thursday^  27  Feb\  1806 
M'  Gray's  invitation  was  very  acceptable  to  the 
S''.  It  was  not  however  an  invitation  merely  to  the  S. 
as  two  or  three  Gentlemen  not  of  the  Club  dined  with 
us.  The  time  passed  away  very  pleasantly.  M'  S. 
Thacher  in  the  evening,  when  those,  who  were  not  of 
the  S.,  had  retired  read  a  piece  of  poetry  on  "  Ship- 
wreck" which  was  accepted.  Rev"^  M'  Gardiner  re- 
ported that  the  Latin  poem  given  him  for  examination 
was  pretty  good,  &  that  the  Quantity  was  correct. 
Several  members  on  returning  to  Boston  from  Jamaica 
Plains  passed  the  evening  at  Rev**  M'  Gardiner's.  The 
S^  agreed  to  meet  at  M'  Wells'  next  Thursday  evening. 

March  6'^  Thursday,  1806 

M'  S.  Thacher  read  a  Character  of  Rev"*  D'  Howard  ^ 
by  M'  Freeman,  which  was  accepted  for  publication. 
He  also  read  "  Considerations  on  Method  "  an  Essay 
by  the  late  Pres'  of  U.  S.^  which  was  accepted  &  M' 
Shaw  is  to  inquire  whether  it  is  original  or  a  trans- 
lation. Miss  H.  Adams'  review  of  Snowden's  hist^' 
of  America  was  read  &  accepted,  without  the  extract. 
M'  Walter  again  read  Smith's  review  of  W^s  Repts. 
which  was  accepted  without  debate.  M'  Parsons  had 
made  only  one  slight  alteration. 

The  S''  adjourned  to  meet  at  M'  Welles  next 
Thursday. 

1  Simeon  Howard,  pastor  of  the  West  Church,  Boston,  from  1767  till 
his  death  in  1804. 

*  John  Adams's  Essay  on  Method. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  69 

Thursday^  March  13,  1806 

This  evening  at  M'  Welles'  M'  Buckminster  read 
D'  Elliot's  amended  review  of  Holmes'  Annals.  The 
S.  accepted  this  part  &  the  D'  E.  promises  a  continu- 
ation. The  S.  was  sorry  to  observe  that  the  Re- 
viewer had  not  paid  much  attention  to  their  request 
in  examining  this  work,  for  the  review  now  read  dif- 
fered very  little  from  the  one  previously  offered.  A 
pamphlet  by  the  author  of  "  The  Science  of  Sanctity," 
on  the  review  of  that  work  was  on  the  motion  &  in  the 
language  of  M'  Shaw  "  given  to  M'  Buckminster  to  do 
what  he  pleases  with  it."  A  sermon  by  D'  Lathrop  of 
W.  Springfield  on  "  duelling "  was  assigned  to  M'' 
Emerson  for  review.  A  sermon  on  the  "  Witch  of 
Endor"  was  assigned  to  M'  Gardiner.  French's 
sermon  &  M'  Adams'  sermon  were  assigned  to  M' 
Thacher  for  review. 

M'  S.  Thacher  read  the  "Remarker  "  for  this  month, 
which  was^  accepted.  On  motion  of  the  Treasurer  an 
assessment  of  ^2.  was  ordered  on  each  member. 

The  S.  passed  a  very  pleasant,  chearful  evening,  & 
some  of  the  members  staid  till  morning.  Adjourned 
to  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner's. 

Thursday^  March  ao*"",  1806 

At  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner's  the  Society  listened  to  a 
very   foolish  &   ridiculous   letter  about   the   review   of 

*  Written   **  was  was"  in  the  original. 


70  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

M'  Emerson's  sermon  before  the  Female  Asylum  ;  & 
the  S.  voted  it  should  not  be  published,  &  requested 
M'  Emerson  to  insert  a  little  note  about  it.  M'  Buck- 
minster  read  a  review  of  Sherman's  book  on  the  Trinity 
&  the  answer  to  it  in  familiar  letters  by^  ;  both 
were  accepted. 

M'  Dana  read  a  review  of  Godwin's  Fleetwood,  which 
was  accepted;  &  afterwards  it  was  voted  that  the 
"  review "  should  be  considered  as  a  "  notice "  &  in- 
serted accordingly.  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  a  review 
of  Drayton's  view  of  S.  Carolina,  which  was  accepted. 
M'  S.  Thacher  read  a  notice  of  Kett's  Elements,  which 
also  was  accepted.  A  poem  called  the  Sabbath  was 
assigned  to  Rev"*  M'  Gardiner  to  be  noticed.  A 
pamphlet  by  M'  Dufief  against  M'  Rawle  the 
lawyer  of  Ph''''''  was  assigned  to  M'  Shaw  "  to  do  there- 
with what  he  pleases."  The  Society  spent  a  very 
pleasant  evening  &  talked  much  upon  politics  & 
literature. 

Adj'*  to  Mr.  Emersons  next  Thursday  evening. 

Thursday,  March  27,  1806 

The  Society  met  at  M'  Emerson's.  No  business  of 
any  kind  was  transacted.  Adjourned  to  meet  at  Rev'' 
M'  Gardiner's  on  Wednesday,  Thursday  being  general 
Fastday. 

1  Familiar  Letters  .   .   .   By  Daniel  Dow.     Hartford,  1806. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  71 

Wednesday  J  April  2^  1806 

At  Mr.  Gardiners  this  evening  there  was  plenty  of 
talk,  but  no  business  was  done. 

The  S''  adjourned  to  M'  Thachers  next  Thursday 
Ev^  tomorrow  week. 

Friday y  April  ii''",  1806 

At  M^  Thachers  there  was  a  very  thin  meeting.  A 
Letter  was  read  from  M'  Norton,  inclosing  "  Verses 
on  Spring  "  &  some  other  poetry,  w*"  were  accepted. 
An  Epitaph  on  S'  W"  Phipps,  taken  from  his  tomb- 
stone, was  read  and  agreed  to  be  published,  whenever 
there  is  nothing  better.  M'  S.  Thacher  read  a  review 
of  "  the  shade  of  Plato  "  &  one  of  a  small  geographical 
work ;  which  were  accepted.  By  a  vote  of  the  Society 
M'  Buckminster  was  requested  to  write  to  Judge 
Smith  in  the  name  of  the  S^  &  thank  him  for  his 
review  of  Williams'  reports  &  request  his  further  as- 
sistance for  the  Anthology.  Webster's  Dictionary 
was  assigned  to  Mr.  Buckminster  for  review.  Aikin's 
letters  on  English  poetry  are  to  be  noticed  by 
M'  S.  Thacher.  M'  Gray  is  to  notice  Orton's 
Exposition. 

M'  P.  Thacher  is  to  notice  Paleys  Philosophy. 
Scott's  commentary  is  to  be  noticed  by  M'  Tuckerman. 

The  Society  was  invited  to  dinner  by  Rev*^  M' 
Gardiner  next  Thursday  &  thereto  adjourned. 


72  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Thursday,  17  April,  1806 

The  Society  dined  at  Rev**  M'  Gardiner's,  but  as 
other  gentlemen,  who  were  not  of  the  S''  were  also 
present,  no  conversation  about  the  Anthology  took 
place  &  no  business  was  transacted. 

The  S^  was  invited  to  dinner  at  M'  Emerson's  the 
next  Thursday. 

Thursday,  April  2^,  1806 

At  M'  Emersons  the  S''  laboured  under  the  same 
difficulty  as  at  the  last  meeting.  In  the  course  of  the 
evening  however,  (M'  I.  P.  Davis  being  the  only 
Gentleman  present,  who  did  not  belong  to  the  S^) 
M'  Buckminster  broke  through  the  restraint  &  by 
consent  of  the  President  read  a  review  by  one  of  the 
Doctors  of  a  work  on  the  Yellow  Fever  written  at 
N.  York.  He  also  read  a  notice  &  review  of  the 
Xian  Monitor.  Both  were  accepted.  The  Sec''  read 
a  notice  of  Savage's  works  by  M'  Dana  &  a  review 
of  Camoens'  Poems,  translated  by  Lord  Strangford. 
Both  were  accepted.  "  Madoc "  was  assigned  to  M' 
B.  Welles  for  review  &  he  is  to  receive  a  copy  from 
the  Printers. 

M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  invited  the  S.  to  dinner  on  Fri- 
day next  at  3  o'clock. 

Friday,  May  1^,  1806 

The  Society  dined  with  M'  Gardiner  agreeably  to  his 
invitation.     The  only  business  transacted  was  relative  to 


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THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  73 

a  reading  room  to  be  established  in  this  town.  Some 
conversation  had  formerly  taken  place  on  this  Subject,  in 
which  M'  Shaw  was  principally  active ;  he  now  brought 
it  forward  for  more  general  discussion  ;  the  object  met 
with  great  approbation  from  the  Society  &  after  much 
desultory  remark,  on  the  motion  of  M'  Shaw  a  Com- 
mittee of  five  was  appointed  to  consider  the  whole 
affair  &  to  report  to  the  Society.  The  Committee 
consisted  of  the  President,  V.  President,  M'  Shaw, 
M'  Buckminster  &  the  Secretary.  The  President  in- 
vited the  Committee  to  dine  at  his  house  on  Monday 
&  to  meet  at  2  o'clock  for  the  transaction  of  business 
&  he  invited  the  other  members  of  the  Society  to 
dinner  at  4  o'clock. 

Monday^  May  5'\    1806 

The  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  met 
at  Rev''  M'  Gardiner's. 

M''  Shaw  read  &  proposed  a  prospectus.  This 
underwent  a  number  of  alterations.  The  name  of  the 
establishment  was  agreed  to  be  "  The  Anthology 
Reading  Room."  M'  Shaw's  amended  prospectus 
was  at  length  accepted  by  general  consent  &  it  was 
determined  that  the  same  should  be  printed.  Much 
conversation  was  had  on  the  details  of  the  plan. 
After  dinner  the  S''  agreed  to  the  plan  &  prospectus; 
&  the  whole  system  as  far  as  settled  was  approved 
of  by  other  gentlemen,  whom  the  Pres'  had  invited 
to  dinner. 


74  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Thursday y  May  8'\   1806 

By  invitation  the  Society  dined  with  M'  Buck- 
minster  to-day.  After  dinner  &  after  some  conver- 
sation on  Harvard  University,  M'  Buckminster 
moved  &  M'  Shaw  seconded  the  motion,  that  a 
series  of  papers  be  written  by  this  Society  on  the 
State  of  Harvard  College  to  be  published  in  the 
Anthology  &  that  some  Gentlemen  pledge  them- 
selves to  write  these  papers ;  This  important  motion 
gave  rise  to  a  great  variety  of  remarks  &  to  much 
serious  discussion ;  it  was  supported  by  the  mover, 
the  President,  M'  Welles  &  others  &  opposed  by 
the  V.  President,  M-"  Gray  &  M^  S.  Thacher.  It 
was  finally  carried.  It  was  afterwards  Voted^  That 
the  papers  should  be  read  to  the  S''  previous  to 
publication.  It  was  also  Voted^  That  a  Committee 
of  arrangement  for  the  general  purpose  of  carrying 
the  object  into  effect  be  appointed  &  that  this  Com- 
mittee consist  of  y^  persons  who  pledge  themselves  to 
write.      Votedy  That  the  Committee  consist  of  Seven. 

Votedy  That  the  President,  the  Sec''.  M^  S.  Thacher, 
M'  Shaw,  M'  B.  Welles,  M^  W.  Wells  &  D^  Jack- 
son be  the  Committee.  M'  Emerson,  M'  Gray  & 
M'  Dana  declined  being  on  the  Committee ;  M' 
Dana  was  however  in  favour  of  the  general  object. 
Voted  J  That  a  majority  of  the  Committee  present  be 
always  sufficient  for  the  transaction  of  business,  if 
the    C.    has    been     properly    notified    to     meet.      M' 


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THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  75 

Quincy's  Speech  In  Congress  was  assigned  to  M' 
Shaw  for  review.  M'  W.  Welles  moved  &  it  was 
Voted,  That  M'  Buckminster  be  requested  to  write 
a  series  of  letters  from  Europe  during  his  travels  to 
be  published  in  the  Anthology.  Most  of  the  Mem- 
bers went  to  a  ball  in  the  evening  &  left  M'  Dana 
&  the  Sec^  to  spend  a  most  agreeable  evening  till 
past  12  o'clock. 

Friday,  May  9"",   1806 

M'  B.  Welles  feasted  the  Society  this  day.  No 
business  was  transacted. 

Thursday,  May   15'^   1806 

The  S^  supped  by  invitation  with  M'  Thacher. 
As  usual  nothing  was  done. 

Thursday,  May  22^   1806 

At  M'  W.  Wells'  the  Sec^  read  a  piece  of  poetry 
by  some  person  unknown  on  the  death  of  a  young 
lady  of  this  town.  One  line  was  bad.  The  Pres* 
tried  "  to  tinker  it",  but  could  not  succeed.  It  was 
however  accepted. 

M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  the  Remarker  for  this 
month.  M'  Shaw  moved  &  it  was  seconded  by  M' 
R.  H.  Gardiner  that  M'  Field  be  put  on  the  nomi- 
nation list  for  admission  as  a  member  of  the  S^.  It 
was  thereupon  so  voted.  It  was  agreed  that  the 
Gentlemen,  at  whose  houses  the  S^  sups,  should  for  the 


76  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

future  entertain  the  S''  in  alphabetical  course.  M'' 
Emerson  was  to  have  received  the  Members  on 
next  Thursday  ev^  but  it  being  said  that  it  would 
be  very  inconvenient  to  him,  the  Pres'  agreed  to 
take  his  turn  &  adj''  accordingly. 

'Thursday y  May  29,  1806 

At  the  President's  the  S''.  spent  a  very  pleasant  even- 
ing without  doing  any  business.  Adjourned  to  meet 
at  M'  Emerson's  nxt  Thursday. 

Thursday  J  June  5,  1806 

This  evening  M'  Shaw  was  chosen  unanimously  by 
ballot  to  execute  the  duties  of  Superintending  Com- 
mittee in  the  room  of  S.  C.  Thacher,  who  is  going  to 
Europe.  The  Sec''  read  M'  Baldwin's  ^  review  of  Sulli- 
van's Map  of  the  U.  States.  Voted  thereon  that  the 
review  be  assigned  to  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  for  correction 
&  amendment. 

M'  Dana  moved  &  it  was  seconded  by  M'  Shaw, 
that  M'  James  Savage  be  put  on  the  nomination  list  for 
the  purpose  of  becoming  a  member  of  this  S^.  M' 
William  Tudor,  who  this  Evening  rejoined  the  S^.  after 
an  absence  in  the  W.  Indies,  was  substituted  in  the 
room  of  M'  S.  Thacher,  as  one  of  the  Com^  of  Arrange- 
ments on  the  State  of  H.  College. 

Votedy  That  the  Treasurer  pay  to  M'  B.  Welles  the 

«  Probably  Colonel  Loammi  Baldwin  of  Woburn,  surveyor  and  engineer, 
and  a  member  of  the  American  Academy. 


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THE   SOCIETY'S    JOURNAL  77 

sum  of  money  he  may  have  paid  for  the  hire  of 
"  Letters  from  Europe "  which  he  reviewed.  The 
Sec''  was  chosen  one  of  the  Standing  Com^  in  the  room 
of  M'  S.  Thacher.  Priestley's  last  Vol.  of  Sermons 
was  assigned  to  M'  Emerson  for  review,  as  was  also 
Shephards   Election  Sermon. 

Aikin's  letters  on  Poetry,  which  had  been  assigned 
to  M'  S.  Thacher  was  reassigned  to  M'  B.  Welles  for 
review.  Endicott's  ^  journal  was  assigned  to  M'  R.  H. 
Gardiner  for  review.  It  was  agreed  that  M'  Shaw 
should  write  the  next  Remarker.  The  Society  spent 
an  agreeable  Evening  &  will  meet  the  nxt  Thursday 
at  M^  R.  H.  Gardiner's. 

Thursday^  June  12,  1806 

At  M'  Gardiner's  the  Rev"^  M'  Gardiner  read  re- 
views of  Rev"*  D'  Lathrop's  (of  W.  Springfield)  dis- 
course on  "  the  Witch  of  Endor  ",  also  of  Davis  '  life 
&  Campaigns  of  Gen'  Moreau,  also  of  "  the  Sabbath  " 
and  "  the  Sabbath  Walks  "  ;  all  of  which  were  accepted. 
Valerian  which  had  been  assigned  to  M'  S.  Thacher, 
was  reassigned  to  M'  Gardiner.  M'  B.  Welles  read  his 
Remarker,  which  was  accepted. 

M'  Thacher  read  a  review  of  Lex  Mercatoria 
Americana.  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  the  review  of 
Sullivan's  Map  of  the  U.  S.  by  M'  Baldwin  with 
corrections  &  amendments ;  this  was  now  accepted. 
The  Sec''  read  a  review  of  6""  Vol.  of  His.  Col.  which 

1  Properly  Ellicott's. 


78  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

was  accepted.  Some  new  poems  by  Fessenden  were 
assigned  to  M'  Tudor  for  review.  M"  Warren's 
hisf^  of  Amer.  War  to  M^  Shaw  &  Berne's  En- 
chanted lake  translated  by  Alsop  to  the  Sec^ 

'Thursday^  June  19''',  1806 

M'  Field  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  S''. 

The  Am.  Ed.  of  Rees'  Cyclopedia  was  assigned  to 
M'  Welles  (W.)  to  procure  a  notice  thereof;  &  it  was 
suggested  that  in  the  A""  E"  strange  &  unaccountable 
liberties  had  been  taken  in  the  alteration  of  the  text. 
M'  Pickering  of  Salem  will  probably  write  the  notice. 

The  Sec^  read  over  the  review  roll,  which  had  for 
many  meetings  been  neglected.  Some  of  the  Gentlemen 
seriously  promised  to  do  the  duties  assigned  to  them, 
&  others  faintly  apologised  for  their  neglect. 

Some  old  assignments  of  foolish,  forgotten  sermons 
&c  were  marked  from  the  list.  M'  Field  read  an  In- 
troductory Essay  on  the  State  of  Painting  in  America, 
which  was  accepted.  ^'  The  Lay  of  the  last  Minstrel  " 
Am.  Ed.  was  assigned  to  M'  F.  for  notice.  D'  Gorham 
was  put  on  the  nomination  list,  at  the  motion  of 
M'  R.  H.  Gardiner.  M^  W.  Welles  read  a  piece  of 
poetry  by  M"  Morton^  on  M'  Parson's  accepting  the 
Chief-Justiceship  of  Massa'tts  ;  this  was  "  good  &  bad 
together"  &  was  given  to  M'  Gardiner  for  alteration. 

A    strange    communication    on    Transubstanti[ati]on 

^  Sarah  Wentworth  (Apthorp)  Morton,  called  "the  American  Sappho," 
—  who  wrote  also  under  the  signature  of  "  Philenia,  a  lady  of  Boston." 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  79 

as  believed  by  the  Peruvians  was  read  by  M'  Shaw. 
It  ridiculed  ironically  &  seriously  a  piece  on  the 
"  Trinity  "  in  the  Panoplist ;  but  the  author  was  un- 
known, the  thing  was  singular,  &  perhaps  poorly 
written ;  &  as  the  S^.  had  kept  free  from  all  kind  of 
intercourse  with  the  Panoplist  in  the  management  of 
the  Anth^  it  was  thrown  on  the  table  &  no  notice 
taken  thereof.  As  the  number  of  members  is  now 
diminished  by  absence,  &  residence  in  the  country 
will  lessen  it  more,  it  is  extremely  inconvenient  for 
the  Gentlemen,  who  furnished  the  suppers  to  continue 
to  do  so,  as  the  return  is  very  quick,  &  M'  Tudor 
having  suggested,  that  some  person  might  be  found 
out  by  advertisement  who  would  take  the  trouble  on 
being  paid  for  furnishing  a  supper  once  a  week,  was 
appointed  a  Committee  for  that  purpose.  He  was 
also  appointed  one  of  the  Committee,  with  the  Sec^ 
&  Treasurer  (of  the  Standing  Committee)  to  exam- 
ine the  accounts  of  the  Printers  of  the  Anthology, 
&  to  receive  the  debts  due  to  the  S^.   from  them. 

"  The  Sacred  Mirror  "  was  assigned  to  M'  Gardiner 
for  review.  M""  R.  H.  Gardiner  kindly  invited  the 
S^.  to  his  house,  as  the  place  of  meeting  at  Chapo- 
tin's,^  agreed  upon  at  the  last  Evening,  could  not  be 
procured,  &  M'  Gardiner  asked  the  S^.  to  his  house 
nxt  Thursday,  when  some  arrangement  must  be  made 
respecting  a  place  of  meeting  for  the  future. 

^  The  Boston  Directory  for  1806  has  the  record,  "Leon  Chappotin, 
boarding  house,    7  Summer  Street." 


8o  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

'Thursday y  June  26,  1806 

At  the  Rev"^  M'  Gardiner's  the  Sec''  read  a  char- 
acter of  M"^  Avery,  late  Sec''  of  this  state.  It  was 
supposed  to  have  been  written  by  D'  Warren,  but  for 
various  reasons  it  was  rejected  &  the  S.  C.  was  directed 
to  insert  a  short  note  to  correspondents  on  the  subject. 
He  also  read  D'  Warren's  (jun')  notices  of  Underwood 
on  the  diseases  of  Children  &  Cheselden's  Anatomy, 
both  were  accepted.  M'  Tudor  read  a  review  of  Fes- 
senden's  original  Poems,  which  was  accepted  &  he 
presented  the  book  to  the  Society.  He  also  read  a 
"Silva",  which  is  to  be  published.  M^  W.  Wells 
read  a  very  short  notice  of  the  A.  Ed.  of  Akenside's 
pleasures  of  Imag"  &  a  note  upon  the  A.  Ed.  of 
Rees'  Cyclopedia. 

"  Foscari "  a  tragedy  by  M'  White  of  Charleston 
was  assigned  to  M'  Field  for  review.  Gordon's  Re- 
bellion in  Ireland  A°  Ed°  was  assigned  to  M' W.  Wells 
for  notice.  M'  Shaw  explained,  why  a  communication 
from  Judge  Davis  to  be  printed  in  the  Anth''  for  this 
month,  could  not  conveniently  be  read  to  the  S.  before 
it  was  printed.  M'  Walter  reported  from  the  treasury 
Committee. 

Adj'^  to  M'  W.  Wells'  nxt  Thursday. 

'Thursday y  July  3,  1806 

The  S''  met  at  M^  W.  Wells'. 
M'    Savage   was   regularly   admitted   a    member    of 
the  %\ 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  8i 

The  Sec''  read  a  "  Silva "  collected  by  M""  Norton, 
which  was  accepted  with  a  few  alterations  to  be  made 
by  the  Superintending  Com. 

The  Sec^  read  a  report  on  "  the  state  of  affairs  " 
as  connected  with  the  Printers ;  which  was  accepted  & 
given  to  the  Treasurer. 

Webster's  Diet''  was  assigned  to  M""  Shaw  to 
write  or  procure  to  be  written  a  review  thereof.  2"^  Ed. 
of  Democracy  unveiled  was  assigned  to  M'  Savage 
for  review. 

A  committee,  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  &  the  Treasurer, 
was  appointed  to  confer  with  M""  Cooper,  about  find- 
ing a  convenient  room   &c  for  accomodating   the   Sy. 

Adjourned. 

Thursday,  July  17,  1806 

The  Society  met  this  evening  in  some  rooms  in 
Devonshire  street,  which  M""  Field  had  politely 
offerred  for  their  accommodation. 

The  Committee  on  the  state  of  the  treasury  men- 
tioned their  doings  with  the  Printers.  A  long  dis- 
cussion took  place  on  this  subject,  which  involved 
some  interesting  &  important  considerations,  such  as 
the  employing  of  other  printers,  the  right  of  prop- 
erty in  the  Anthology,  the  institution  of  a  new 
work  &c  &c.  Finally  a  new  committee  was  ap- 
pointed, the  Rev*^  M'  Emerson,  M^  Thacher  &  M' 
Savage,  who  have  discretionary  powers  to  consider 
the  whole   state  of  our  connection  with    the  Printers, 

6 


82  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

&  particularly  the  right  of  property,  &  to  make 
suitable,  final  arrangements.  M'  Tudor  read  a 
"  Remarker,"  which  was  accepted.  M'  Emerson 
read  a  review  of  the  Election  Sermon,  which  was  ac- 
cepted. M""  Shaw  read  a  letter  from  M'  Phillips 
publisher  of  the  Monthly  Magazine,  London,  in 
answer  to  one  written  to  him  by  order  of  the  S.  ; 
the  letter  was  agreeable  to  our  wishes  &  M"*  Shaw 
was  requested  to  answer  it. 

The  Sec^  read  D'  ElHots  review,  in  continuation, 
of  the  American  annals,  which  was  accepted,  &  M'  Shaw 
is  to  consult  with  the  Author  about  some  words  & 
obscurities  in  the  review.  Massillon's  charges  & 
"  Wreath  for  Rev'*  Dan'  Dow "  were  assigned  to  M' 
Emerson  for  review.  An  Enquiry  into  the  use  of 
the  Pancreas  &c  was  assigned  to  the  Physicians. 
Ovid  &  Caesar,  American  Edition  were  assigned  to 
the  President  for  notice.  Sullivan's  law  lectures  to 
M'  Thacher  for  notice.  The  9"^  publication  of  the 
Agricultural  Soc^  was  assigned  to  M""  Gardiner  for 
review.  Swett's  Military  address  to  M''  Shaw  for 
review. 

M""  Gardiner  from  the  committee  upon  a  place  of 
meeting  &c  reported,  that  M'  Field  had  ofFerred  his 
rooms  for  the  use  of  the  S.,  that  M'  Cooper  would 
furnish  a  supper  for  eight  persons  at  $5.  p""  night,  & 
that  the  S''  should  supply  themselves  with  wine  & 
segars,  &  M'  Shaw,  of  that  Com.  said  he  had  given 
$30  to   M'  Cooper  for  the  general  use  of  the    Soc''. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  83 

This  arrangement  with    M'  Cooper   is  not    absolutely 
binding  on    him,  for  if  he   cannot  afford   the  Supper 
at  ^5,  some    new   arrangement    is    to    be    made    with 
him. 
Adj''. 

July  24'',  1806 

The  S''  met  at  M'  Field's  rooms  in  Devonshire 
Street. 

The  chairman  of  the  Com.  appointed  to  confer  with 
the  printers  made  a  Report,  which  was  accepted.  M"" 
Savage  read  a  review  of  1^  Ed.  of  "  Democracy  un- 
veiled," which  was  accepted. 

Swett's  address  assigned  to  M""  Dana.  The  Pres.  & 
V.  Pres.  &  Sec^  were  absent  &  the  Treasurer  presided. 

>/y3i,  1806 

The  S.  met  as  usual.  "  Owens  fashionable  world 
displayed "  was  assigned  to  M""  W.  Wells.  "  Ter- 
rible Tractoration  "  was  assigned  to  M""  Savage.  Paul 
Allen's  oration  at  Providence  to  M""  Dana.  2**  N°  of 
Xian  Monitor  to  M'.  Emerson.  Leo  lo""  to  the 
Pres\ 

Aug*  7,  1 806 

No  business  of  any  kind  was  transacted  by  the 
Society  of  Gentlemen,  who  conduct  the  Monthly  An- 
thology &  Boston  Review. 

N.  B.  Supper  of  woodcock. 


84  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Aug*  I4•^  1806 

The  Sec''  read  to  the  S''  Winthrop  Sargeant's  review 
of  "  Leonora "  &  a  piece  of  poetry  on  "  the  Procel- 
larius  Pelagicus."  M""  Shaw  read  an  Epitaph  from 
Keysier's  Travels^  of  which  Chief  Justice  Parsons  re- 
quested the  insertion. 

A  Sermon  by  Rev*^  D""  Lathrop  of  W.  Springfield 
was  assigned  to  the   Pres^  for   review.     A  Sermon    by 

M""   Parish    at    the    ordination    of^ was    assigned 

to  M'  Emerson  for  review  &  M'  Emerson's  Sermon 
on  the  death  of  M'  Charles  Austin  was  assigned  to 
M'  Shaw  who  will  request  M'  Freeman  to  review  it. 

The  Society  spent  a  very  pleasant  evening  &  was 
unwilling  to  adjourn  at   12. 

Au^  21,  Thursday ^  1806 

The  Society  listened  with  pleasure  to  a  laboured  review 
of  the  Amer"  Cyclopedia  by  M'  Pickering  of  Salem. 

IVP  Thacher's  review  of  "  Sullivan's  lectures  "  was 
read  &  accepted  &  also  a  rev.  of  a  July  Orat". 

A  review  of  Dearborne's  orat"  was  read  &  accepted. 
Also  a  piece  of  poetry  "Sweets  to  the  Sweet"  was 
accepted. 

M'  Shaw  read  his  "Remarker"  &  the  Sec''  a  review 
of  "The  Enchanted  lake"  which  were  accepted. 

The  Pres^  advised  that  the  S''  should  meet  earlier. 

'  Johann  Georg  Keysier's  <<  Travels  in  Germany,"  translated  and  pub- 
lished in  London,  1758, 

2  The  Rev.  Nathan  Waldo. 


[RECORDS   OF  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY, 
VOL.  3] 


[  RECORDS   OF   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY,   VOL.  3  ] 

Aug.  28,  1806,  Thursday 

The  Soc''  met  at  M'  Field's  room  in  Devonshire 
Street. 

Mr.  Dana  read  a  review  of  Swett's  Military  Address. 
A  sermon  by  Pres*  Nott  was  assigned  to  M'  Emer- 
son for  review. 

Trial  of  the  Shoemakers  in  Phdpha.  was  assigned  to 
M'  P.  Thacher  for  review.  Reed  on  Infant  Baptism 
to  M'  Emerson.  Priestley's  life  by  himself  to  M' 
W.  Wells  for  review.  "Home"  a  poem  to  M'  Dana 
for  review.     His.  Coll.  to  the  Sec^  for  review. 

The  Society  passed  a  very  pleasant  evening,  though 
the  Pres*  left  them  at  1 1  an  hour  earlier  than  usual. 

Thursday y  SepV  4,  1806 

The  Soc^  met  for  the  first  time  at  a  House  in  Con- 
gress Street/  through  an  archway.  The  members  came 
late.     Much  conversation  took  place  after  supper  on 

»  House  of  James  Cooper,  clerk  of  Trinity  Church.  He  lived  in  Bath 
Street,  or  Horn  Lane,  which  led  from  the  northeast  corner  of  Congress  and 
Water  in  an  arc  to  the  northern  end  of  Pearl  Street  (now  part  of  PostofRce 
Square).  Mr.  Cooper's  house,  it  appears,  could  be  entered  by  an  arched 
passage  from  Congress  Street. 


88  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

the  subject  of  the  Reading  Room  &  M'  Shaw,  the  Sec'' 
&  M'  Thacher  were  appointed  a  Com.  of  Regulations 
&  Superintendance. 
Adj'*. 

Sepf  II,  1806 

The  Society  again  met  at  Cooper's. 

The  review  roll  was  read  &  many  old  assignments 
were  struck  off. 

M'  Emerson  read  a  review  of  1.  N°  of  "  Xian 
Monitor "  &  one  or  two  sermons,  which  were  ap- 
proved. The  Sec''  read  a  piece  of  Latin  poetry  from 
an  unknown  correspondent,  which  is  to  be  inserted 
after  the  approbation  of  the  Pres^ 

After  some  conversation  &  discussion  of  the  subject 
it  was  unanimously  voted  on  the  motion  of  M""  B. 
Welles,  seconded  by  the  Secy,  that  the  Remarker  shall 
always  be  written  by  one  of  the  Soc''.  This  vote  was 
made  because  M""  Savage  being  obliged  to  go  out  of 
town  had  engaged  M''  Stickney  to  write  the  N°  for 
this  month ;  &  it  appeared  better  to  have  none,  rather 
than  one  not  written  by  a  member,  as  the  S''  had 
pledged  itself  to  write  the  Remarker.  An  address  by 
Pres'  Nott  was  assigned  to  M""  Emerson  for  review,  & 
M""  B.  Welles  is  to  review  "  Foscari,"  originally  as- 
signed to  M'  Field,  who  in  return  takes  Aikins 
letters  on  Poetry,  formerly  assigned  to  M'  B.  Welles. 
The  S''  had  a  very  pleasant  evening  &  broke  up 
about  ii. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  89 

Thursday  J  Sepr  18,  1806 

M'  Shaw  read  a  letter  from  Mat"^  Carey  Bookseller 
at  Phdpha,  desiring  the  insertion  in  the  Anthology  of 
a  certain  comm"  printed  in  the  Mgzine  of  that  city 
upon  translation  ;  the  letter  was  referred  to  the  Sup. 
Com.  to  do  with  it  &  the  subject  matter  as  he  pleased. 

Review  of  a  French  Grammar  was  read  &  accepted, 
the  R.  by  Winthrop  Sargeant. 

Voted,  That  M^  Shaw,  the  Sec'^  &  M'  Thacher  be 
a  Com.  to  receive  &  decide  upon  "the  Remarker  "  by 
a  M'  Stickney,  which  has  not  been  presented  in  time 
for  regular  reading  before  the  S''  &  that  the  Com.  have 
full  power  of  alteration  &c  &c. 

Rev**  D'  Kirkland  was  put  on  the  nomination  list 
for  consideration  as  a  future  member  of  the  S^ 

Much  conversation  took  place  this  evening  on  the 
subject  of  the  Reading  Room,  &  principally  on  the 
question  of  the  respective  rights  of  the  S''  &  the  Sub- 
scribers to  the  property  of  the  books  &c  &c. 

At  the  last  meeting  M*"  Shaw  notified  the  Sec''  of 
his  turn  to  write  the  Remarker  for  the  next  month  & 
also  M'  Emerson  to  write  the  Silva. 

Thursday,  Sept"  26'\  1 806 

M'  Shaw  read  M""  Merrill's  review  of  "  Phocion  " 
which  was  accepted. 

A  review  of  Wortman's  "  political  inquiries"  was  also 
read  &  accepted.     A  poetical  translation  of  a  Latin  ode 


90  THE    ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

of  Horace  was  read  &  given  to  the  Pres*  for  advise. 
An  essay  "  for  a  Remarker  "  by  M'  Norton  was  read 
by  M'  Shaw  accepted.  M'  Savage  read  his  review  of 
Fessenden's  "terrible  tractoration  "  &  the  Sec''  read  a 
review  of  Unguiology,  both  accepted. 

The  Soc''  agreed  to  celebrate  their  anniversary  on 
the  6""  Oct^  as  s'^  ^^lls  on  Sunday.  M'  Cooper 
prepares  a  dinner  at  ^1.50  &  the  S^  find  their 
wine.     Rev**  D'  Elliot  to  be  invited. 

The  S''  relaxed  from  their  former  vote  respecting 
the  Remarker.  The  Sec''  opposed  inserting  M' 
Norton's  piece  as  a  Rem',  but  the  Pres*  &  others 
thought  as  it  was  read  &  received,  it  might  be  printed 
as  such,  nor  did  they  perceive  that  any  harm  would 
arise  from  accepting  if  the  S''  pleased  any  communica- 
tion that  might  be  offerred  for  a  "  Remarker."  M' 
Norton's  is  to  be  published  the  nxt  month. 

Oa"  a,  1806.    Thursday 

M'  Savage  read  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner's  review  of 
Ellicott's  journal,  which  was  accepted  &  the  S.  Com- 
mittee was  requested  to  make  a  few  alterations. 

It  was  voted  that  Rev'  D'  Kirkland  &  M'  I.  P. 
Davis  ^  should  be  invited  to  Anniversary  dinner  on 
Monday  next. 

1  Isaac  P.  Davis,  a  manufacturer  of  Boston,  and  brother  of  Judge  John 
Davis.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  So- 
ciety, 1830-1855,  and  a  Trustee  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  1830-1845. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  91 

Monday y  Ocf  6'^  1806 

This  day  the  S^  celebrated  their  Anniversary.  The 
3^  Oct'  is  the  constitutional  day,  but  the  S.  thought 
proper  to  have  the  meeting  on  this  day.  D'  Kirk- 
land  &  M'  I.  P.  Davis  were  invited  to  dinner  & 
M'  Davis  coming  earlier  than  he  was  expected,  the 
regular  business  was  postponed.  Dinner  was  on  table 
at  4.  &  all  the  members  dined  together.  D'  Kirk- 
land  came  after  dinner  &  some  of  the  S''  did  not  re- 
tire before  12. 

The  day  was  spent  in  harmony  &  good  fellowship. 

Thursday y  Ocf  9,   1806 

The  choice  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  was 
effected  this  evening. 

Rev"*  M'  Gardiner  Pres'. 

Rev'^  Mr.  Emerson  V.  President. 

M'  Walter  Sec^. 

M""  Shaw  Treasurer  &  Superintending  Committee. 

The  S^  for  various  reasons  agreed  not  to  choose  a 
Standing  Committee  for  the  year.  An  auditing  Com 
was  chosen  M'  B.  Welles,  M'  Thacher  &  M'  Savage ; 
they  were  requested  to  audit  the  Treasurers  accounts 
for  the  last  year  &  report  at  next  meeting. 

M'  Savage  was  notified  to  write  the  next  Remarker 
&  the  Sec''  the  nxt  Silva. 

"  Day's  Reports  "  were  assigned  to  M'  W.  Welles. 
M'  Careys  address  to  Humane  S.  at  Newbury  Port 
was  assigned  to  M'  Savage  for  review. 


92  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

M'  Winthrop  Sargeant  was  put  on  nomination  for 
admission. 

The  Treasurer  was  directed  to  give  a  bill  of  various 
assessments  due  by  D"  Warren  &  Jackson  to  be  paid 
by  them  for  the  use  of  the  S^ 

Thursday,  Ocf   i6,   1806 

M''  Savage  this  evening  read  a  review  of  Carys 
Address  before  the  Humane  Soc^  at  Newbury  Port, 
which  was  accepted. 

M'  Shaw  moved  that  Rev'*  D'  Kirkland  be  admitted 
a  Member  of  the  Soc''.  The  Sec''  seconded  the 
motion  on  condition  that  D'  K.  should  first  be  re- 
quested to  give  an  explicit  promise  that  he  would  write 
the  Remarker  &  Silva  in  his  turn  &  review  such  books 
as  might  be  assigned  to  him.  He  was  accordingly 
admitted  on  this  condition,  &  the  Sec''  &  M'  Shaw 
were  appointed  a  Committee  to  wait  on  D'  K.  & 
inform  him  of  such  election.  Ewell's  discourses  ass 
to  D^  K. 

'Thursday,  Ocf  23,  1806 

M'  Shaw  read  a  piece  of  poetry  on  a  cricket  by 
M'  Norton  which  was  accepted ;  also  another  short 
piece  on  a  Sea  Storm,  by  an  unknown  author,  which 
also  was  accepted.  A  communication  "  Scribimus  in- 
docti "  by  D'  Gorham  was  read  &  accepted. 

M'  Shaw  moved  &  M'  Savage  seconded  the  motion 
that  D'  Kirkland  be  added  to  the  Reading  room 
Committee.     "  Travels  into  Louisiana  "  were  assigned 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  93 

to   M'  Savage  for   review,  "  Garland    of   Flowers "  to 
the  Sec^  for  review. 

M'  Shaw,  the  Sec''  &  M'  Savage  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  read  and  decide  on  certain  reviews  to  be 
presented  them  for  insertion  in  the  N°  of  the  A.  for 
Oct',  as  next  Thursday  would  be  too  late  to  have  them 
regularly  read  to  the  S^  M'  Field,  M  Dana  &  M' 
Emerson  promised  to  send  accordingly. 

A  Translation  of  3*^  Satire  of  Juvenal  &  some  original 
poem-s  from  New  York  were  assigned  to  M'  Dana  to 
request  M'  Willard  to  review  them. 

M'  W.  Welles  was  requested  to  write  to  M'  Picker- 
ing of  Salem  desiring  him  to  review  Webster's  Dict^ ; 
to  thank  him  for  his  review  of  Am.  Ed.  of  Rees' 
Cyclopedia  &  to  request  him  to  continue  to  review 
the  N°'  of  that  work,  as  they  may  successively  appear. 
New  Series  of  N.  Yk.  T.  Reports  was  assigned  to  M' 
Thacher  for  review.  M'  Emerson  was  requested  to 
write  M'  Bancroft  of  Worcester  &  desire  him  to  review 
Marshalls  life  of  Washington.  Cumberlands  Memoirs, 
assigned  to   M""  Savage  for  review. 

Report  of  Aud^  Com  was  read  by  M'  Thacher. 
The  Sec^  objected  to  receiving  it  &  after  much  con- 
versation it  was  recommitted  to  the  same  Com*"  who 
also  will  report  on  the  Treasury  generally. 

Thursday^  Ocf  30,  1806 

M'  Shaw  read  a  piece  of  poetry  on  "  Poverty  "  by 
M"  Morton,  which  was  accepted:    also  a  short  piece 


94  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

on  Friendship  by  Lucius  M.  Sargeant/  accepted  with 
a  slight  alteration. 

After  supper  M'  Shaw  mentioned,  that  M'  Pickering 
of  Salem  could  not  review  the  Amer°  Ed°  of  the  Cyclo- 
pedia as  the  N°'  appeared,  nor  Webster's  Dict^.  The 
Soc''  thought  it  of  great  importance  that  the  Cyclo- 
pedia should  be  reviewed  regularly  &  carefully,  &  there- 
fore it  was,  Voted^  That  that  work  should  be  committed 
to  M'  Emerson  &  D'  Kirkland  to  have  the  care  & 
superintendance  of  the  whole  matter,  &  do  therein, 
what  shall  seem  best  &  meet  to  be  done. 

Webster's  Dicf  was  committed  to  D'  Kirkland  to 
request  Rev''  M'  Freeman  or  some  other  gentlemen  to 
review  it.  M^Farland  on  Heresy  to  M'  Emerson. 
3*^  Vol.  of  D'  Lathrop's  Sermons  to  D'  Kirkland. 
Emmons'  Sermons  to  M'  Emerson  for  M'  Foster^  of 
Littleton. 

The  Committee  for  regulating  the  Library  &  Read- 
ing room  made  a  report.  M'  Thacher  of  the  Com- 
mittee read  a  form  of  a  bill  of  sale  of  the  books  to  cer- 
tain trustees  to  be  appointed,  &  a  form  of  certain 
agreements  &  engagements  on  the  part  of  the  trustees. 
After  the  whole  subject  had  undergone  some  discus- 
sion, without  any  opposition  to  the  general  plan,  it 
was  voted,  that  the  report  be  accepted.  It  was  then 
voted,   that   as   the   subject    was    important,   as   it   was 

1  Lucius  Manlius  Sargent,  1 786-1 867,  author  of  "Dealings  with  the 
Dead,"  which  was  published  in  1856. 

2  Doubtless  the  Rev.  Edmond  Foster,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Littleton, 
Massachusetts,  1 781-1826. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  95 

necessary  to  open  the  Rooms  immediately,  as  the 
papers  might  be  ready  for  signature  before  next  Thurs- 
day, that  the  five  trustees  should  be  chosen  this  even- 
ing—  it  was  also  voted  that  the  five  names  should  be 
on  one  piece  of  paper,  &  that  the  Sec''  should  assort 
&  count  the  votes ;  the  Sec''  assorted  &  counted 
the  votes  &  reported  that  Rev''  M'  Emerson  had  six 
votes,  that  D""  Kirkland  had  six  votes,  that  M'  Thacher 
had  five  votes,  that  M'  Shaw  had  six  votes,  that  M*" 
Walter  had  six  votes,  that  M'  W.  Wells  had  two  votes, 
that  M'  Buckminster  had  two  votes,  that  D'  Warren  j"" 
had  one  vote ;  M'  Emerson  then  declared  the  first 
Five  to  be  chosen  Trustees.  It  was  then  voted  on 
motion  of  D'  Kirkland  that  the  Trustees  prepare  the 
two  papers  to  be  immediately  signed  by  the  Members 
of  the  Soc''  &  the  Trustees. 

After  some  more  conversation  on  the  subject  the 
Soc''  adjourned. 

Nov.  6,  1806 

M''  Emerson  read  a  letter  from  M'  Dufief  of 
Phdpha  to  him  on  a  1^  Ed"  of  Nature  displayed, 
which  he  presents  to  the  S''  for  notice ;  M""  E.  was 
requested  to  answer  the  letter  by  the  S2^  &  mention 
the  state  &  establishment  of  the  Reading  Room  & 
ask  his  assistance.  The  2^  Ed"  of  the  i"  Church 
Coll.  of  sacred  music  was  ass**  to  M'  Thacher  for  re- 
view. Bartholomew  Brown's  Coll.  of  Music  to  M' 
Emerson    for    review.     Field's     Strictures    on     Seven 


96  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Sermons  to  M'  Emerson  for  review.  N°  3  Xian 
Monitor  to  D'  Kirkland  for  review.  M'  Shaw  read 
M'  Savage's  Remarker  for  this  month,  which  was 
accepted. 

This  being  the  regular  night  for  the  question,  as 
to  the  admission  of  Winthrop  Sargeant  into  the  S'' 
a  long  debate  &  much  desultory  conversation  took 
place.  It  was  thought  by  many  members,  that  D' 
Gorham  had  a  prior  right  to  be  canvassed  for  ad- 
mission, as  he  had  stood  on  nomination  since  last 
June.  M'  Emerson  mentioned  the  pretensions  of 
M'  Sargeant,  &  M'  Dana  related  what  had  passed 
between  D'  Gorham  &  himself.  It  was  finally  agreed 
that  the  first  question  should  be  whether  D'  G. 
should  be  admitted;  this  immediately  involved  another 
question,  whether  D'  Jackson  &  D'  Warren  were 
members ;  as  this  could  not  be  determined,  it  was 
voted,  that  D'  Kirkland  be  requested  to  ascertain  from 
the  D"  if  they  consider  themselves  members  of  the 
S^  or  not  &  to  report  on  the  next  meeting ;  it  was 
then  voted  that  all  the  present  questions  of  admission 
should  subside  till  next  meeting. 

M'  Thacher  from  the  Trustees  of  the  Anthology 
Library  &  reading  room  read  a  legal  Indenture  of  two 
parts,  as  the  instrument  to  convey  the  property  of  the 
books  &c  from  the  Sr  to  the  trustees  &  which 
contains  various  conditions  &  covenants  to  be  per- 
formed by  the  trustees.  A  debate  took  place  on  the 
part,  which  provides  for  the  election  of  four  trustees, 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  97 

not  of  the  S^ ;  &  the  following  amendment  was  voted 
to  be  added  to  the  instrument.  But  whenever  four 
trustees  shall  be  elected  from  those  who  are  not 
members,  two  of  the  S^  shall  be  elected  in  addition  to 
the  body  of  Trustees.  It  was  then  Voted,  That  the 
Instrument  so  amended  be  accepted  &  prepared  for 
signature  at  the  next  meeting. 
Adj^ 

Nov.  13,  1806 

At  the  absence  of  the  Secty  M'  Shaw  officiated.  M' 
Emerson  read  a  review  of  a  Wreath  for  the  Rev**  Dan' 
Dow,  which  was  accepted.  M'  Welles  read  a  review 
of  M'  White's  tragedy,  accepted  ;  M'  Shaw  a  review 
from  M^  Norton  of  the  Rev"*  M'  Bentley's  Ordin. 
sermon,  accepted  with  alterations,  as  D'  Kirkland 
thinks  proper. 

Charnock's  life  of  Nelson  assigned  to  M'  Emerson 
for  W.  Sargents  revision. 

M'  Field  was  notified  to  prepare  the  Remarker  & 
M'  Savage  the  Sylva  for  December. 

On  motion  of  M'  Thacher,  seconded  by  M'  Savage 
D'  Kirkland  was  authorized  to  request  of  M'  J.  Lowell 
any  letters  for  publication,  written  during  his  residence 
in  Europe. 

Nov.  20,  1806 

In  the  absence  of  the  Secty  M'  Shaw  officiated. 
A  review  from  M'  Sidney  Willard  of  a  translation  of 
the  third  Satire  of  Juvenal  &c  was  read  &  accepted. 


98  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M'  Thacher  produced  a  review  of  the  trial  of  the  Shoe- 
makers &c  by  M'  Merrill,  accepted ;  M'  Emerson  read 
reviews  of  the  life  of  Lord  Nelson  &  of  the  Compleat 
Justice  &c  by  M'  W.  Sargent,  which  were  accepted. 

M'  Savage  read  a  notice  of  Cumberland's  Memoirs, 
accepted  ;  &  D""  Warren  a  review  of  the  Medical  Mu- 
seum from  D'  J.  Gorham,  accepted  under  the  auspices 
of  D'  W.  The  Philadelphia  Dispensatory  was  assigned 
to  D'  Warren.  On  motion  of  M'  Savage  a  Committee 
of  three  were  chosen  viz.  Savage,  Thacher  &  W.  Wells 
to  make  a  new  contract  with  the  printers.  Letters  on 
the  study  of  Law  were  assigned  to  M'  Welles  (Benj)  at 
his  own  instance. 

Friday^  Nov.  28,  1806 

The  Secf"  being  absent  through  sickness  M'  Shaw 
officiated. 

A  communication  postmarked  Wiscasset  was  rejected. 
A  poetical  piece  was  referred  to  the  judgment  of  M' 
Dana. 

Dec.  4,  1806 

M'  Shaw  officiated  as  Secty.     No  business  was  done. 

Dec.  II,  1806 

M'  Shaw  acted  as  Secty. 

A  piece  of  poetry,  signed  Bathyllus  was  rejected. 
Dobson's  letters  on  the  Deity  were  assigned  to  M' 
Field,  &  Aikin's  Letters  on  English  poetry  transferred 
from  M'  Field's  list  to  M'  Dana's.     Holmes  Annals' 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  99 

1^  Vol.  assigned  to  D'  Elliot.     Much  warm  debate  en- 
sued on  the  subject  of  the  reading  room. 

Bee.  18,  1806 

In  the  absence  of  the  Sec.  M'  Shaw  officiated. 

M'  Field  read  his  Remarker  for  Dec.  &  M'  Savage 
a  review  of  Travels  in  Louisiana,  which  were  accepted. 
M'  Shaw  read  the  New-years  Address  from  M'  Sar- 
gent, accepted.  Voted  an  assessment,  horribile  dictu  ! 
of  ten  Dollars  on  each  member. 

M^  J.  M-^Kean  &  M'  Sidney  Willard  were  put  on 
nomination. 

M'  Gardiner  (Pres.)  was  notified  to  write  the  next 
Remarker. 

Dec.  26,  1806 

M'  Shaw  officiated,  as  Sect. 

On  motion  of  M'  Shaw,  seconded  by  M'  Savage 
M'  Dana  was  excused  from  writing  the  Remarker  on 
condition,  that  he  would  give  to  the  Soc.  four  numbers 
a  year  on  Shakspeare.  M'  Thacher  read  a  review  of 
the  first  church  Collection  of  Musick,  accepted ;  D"" 
Kirkland  was  desired  to  write  an  address  for  the  first 
No.  of  the  A.  for  1807.  Horatii  Expeurgata  Am.  Ed. 
assigned  to  M*"  Savage. 

Jar^  I,  1807 
In  the  absence  of  M'  Walter  M'  Shaw  acted  as  Sec. 
Olds'    Inaugural   Orat  was  assigned   to  M'  Savage. 
M""  Popkins  Sermons  to  M'  Emerson. 


TOO  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

A  Latin  Ode  was  read,  accepted  &  referred  to 
Mr  Wells.  Montagu  on  Set  off  &  Azuni's  marit. 
law  were  assigned  to  M'  Thatcher. 

Jan'  8,  1807 

To  fill  the  vacancy,  occasioned  by  the  lamented 
death  of  our  brother  Walter  M'  Savage  was  elected 
Secretary. 

The  Sec.  read  a  review  of  Olds'  Oration,  & 
Thiebaut's  life  of  Fred.  2  was  assigned  to  him. 

Jaf^  15,  1807 

The  Soc.  met  at  their  room,  when  the  Sect,  read 
a  review  from  M'  B.  Lincoln  ^  of  Holmes'  Anniver- 
sary sermon  on  the  22**  Dec.  which  was  accepted  & 
referred  to  the  Sect,  for  castration.  D'  Kirkland  read 
his  address  for  the  next  Vol.  of  the  An.,  accepted. 

M'  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  sent  his  remarker,  which  was 
accepted,  &  D'  Kirkland  desired  to  confer  with  him 
about  it. 

M'  Shaw  read  a  review  of  Moore's  Poems  from 
A.  Norton,  accepted.  Dana's  sermons  were  assigned 
to  the  Sect,  to  be  given  to  M'  B.   Lincoln. 

Dr  Gorham  was  elected  a  member  of  our  Society 
&  Dr  Warren  requested  to  communicate  this  to  him. 
Some  conversation  ensued  upon  the  expediency  of 
choosing  Messrs  Sargent,  M'Kean,  &  Willard  into 
our   number,   but  nothing  was   perfected.      M'    Dana 

1  General  Benjamin  Lincoln,  of  Hingham. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  loi 

was  directed  to  confer  with   the   last  gentleman   upon 
the  subject,  so  far,  as  to  ascertain  his  wishes.         *  :• : 

Jan.   22,   1807  '      /•  • 

M'  Emerson  read  a  review  from  M'  Tuckerman 
of  Reed  on  Baptism,  accepted. 

D'  Gorham  took  his  seat. 

Sewall's  Poems  were  transferred  from  M'  Dana  to 
the  Sect,  to  be  given  to  M'  W.  B.  Sewall.^  M'  Shaw 
&  the  Sect,  were  chosen  to  inspect  &  approve  any  re- 
view for  the  next  No.  of  the  Anth.  A  communication 
in  prose  on  the  character  of  A.  M.  Walter  Esq'  was 
rejected  half  read. 

A  treatise  on  the  independence  of  the  Judges  from 
the  Hon.  F.  Dana^  was  accepted  &  referred  to  M' 
Thacher  to  notice.  An  Elegy  to  a  lady  on  the  death 
of  two  children  by  J.  Q.  Adams  was  ordered  to  be 
printed.  The  review  roll  was  called  over,  &  the  delin- 
quencies found  numerous.  M'  Professor  Willard  &  M' 
M'^Kean  were  admitted  to  our  Society  &  Mr.  Dana  re- 
quested to  inform  the  former  &  Dr.  Kirkland  the  latter. 

The  President  having  not  been  with  us  for  many 
meetings  we  have  relaxed  from  practice  of  midnight 
sessions. 

Jan^  29,  1807 

Neither  of  the  new  elected  members  appeared  in 
their  seats. 

^  William  Bartlett  Sewall,  editor  of  the  Portland  AJi'ertiser. 
2  Francis  Dana,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts, 
1792— 1806;  and  a  founder  of  the  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 


102  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

A  piece  of  original  Criticism^  on  the  iEneid  was  re- 
ceived from  Providence,  read  and  accepted.  A  short 
note  on  part  of  Bisset's  character  of  Burke  was  left 
:ii  M'  Shaw's  hands. 

Feb.  5,  1807 

Mr.  Professor  Willard  appeared  in  his  place,  as  a 
member  of  our  Society.  Papers  of  the  Medical 
Soc.  in  Massachusetts  were  assigned  to  D'  Gorham 
for  review.  The  Soc.  next  proceeded  to  consider 
the  admission  of  Mr.  W.  Sargent,  which  was  voted, 
&  M'  V.  Pres.  Emerson  was  desired  to  inform  him 
of  the  vote.  Tooke's  Diversions  of  Purley  were 
assigned  to  Mr.  Willard.  Some  conversation  ensued 
upon  the  subject  of  procuring  a  review  of  Selfridge's 
Trial,  when  the  matter  was  referred  to  Mr.  P. 
Thacher.  Much  lively  conversation  followed  upon 
the  rise  and  fall  of  nations,  increase  and  decrease  of  our 
Subscribers  &c ;  but  the  Society  had  separated  before 
twelve. 

Feb.  12,  1807 

The  Rev**  M'  M'^Kean  &  Mr.  Sargent  took  their 
seats  at  this  meeting,  which  was  the  fullest  ever  known, 
fourteen  members  appearing  in  the  course  of  the 
evening. 

Mr.  Dana  read  his  Remarker  instead  of  Mr.  Emer- 
son, which  was  accepted. 

1  By  Paul  Allen. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  103 

A  communication  on  tlie  character  of  de  la  Gasca^ 
was  read  and  referred  to  Mr.  Shaw. 

The  review  roll  was  called  over  when  several  works 
were  struck  off  and  new  assignments  made  of  others,  viz 
a  Sermon  of  Dr.  Lathrop  (W.  S.)  was  erased  from 
M'  President's,  Presdt.  Nott's  sermon  &  address  from 
Mr.  V.  P's.  and  Field's  strictures  removed  from  his 
list  and  assigned  to   Mr.   M^Kean. 

Vol.  7  of  Historical  Coll.  was  assigned  from  Mr. 
Walter's  list  to  Mr.  P.  Thacher,  &  Vol  8  assigned  to 
Mr.  M^Kean  &  Vol  9  to  Mr.  Willard,  who  are 
requested  to  prepare  the  reviews  for  the  months  of 
March,  April  &  May.  The  Garland  of  Flowers  was 
given  to  M'  Sargent  from  M*"  Walters  list.  Aikin's 
Geographical  Delineations  were  assigned  to  Dr.  Kirk- 
land.  Mr.  Shaw  was  requested  to  invite  Mr.  F.  Ames 
to  review  Burke's  works,  as  they  are  published.  The 
Society  passed  a  very  pleasant  evening,  though  some 
gentlemen  departed  before  supper,  but  the  Presdt  & 
Secretary  with  a  happy  few  sat  beyond  "  the  hour  of 
night's  black  arch  the  keystane."  ^ 

Feb.  19,  1807 

In  the  absence  of  the  Sect''  Mr.  Shaw  officiated. 

A  poem  on   Love  was  referred   to   M'  W.  Sargent. 

^  Pedro  de  la  Gasca,  1485— 1 561  ;  a  Spanish  lawyer  who  put  down 
the  rebellion  of  Gonzalo  Pizarro  in  Peru  in  1548,  and  was  later  made  a 
bishop  in  Spain. 

-  "That  hour,  o'  night's  black  arch  the  keystane."  Burns,  "  Tam 
o'    Shanter." 


104  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

An  essay  from  Mr.  Manlius  Sargent  on  intrusive  con- 
dolence was  read  &  accepted. 

Messrs.  P.  Thacher,  Shaw  &  Savage  were  appointed 
to  inspect  any  reviews,  which  may  be  offerred  in  season 
for  the  next  N°  of  the  An. 

Mr.  R.  H.  Gardiner  offerred  an  essay  on  Education, 
which  was  accepted. 

D--  Kirkland,  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  &  M'  Shaw 
were  named  a  Com.  to  inquire  generally  into  some 
mode  of  securing  a  more  regular  and  liberal  contribution 
from  the  members  of  the  Soc.  for  our  monthly  publi- 
cation. 

Mr.  P.  Thacher  read  a  review  of  Montagu  on  the 
Law  of  Sett  off  which  was  accepted. 

Mr.  Thacher  was  directed  to  communicate  with  Mr. 
Hastings  on  the  subject  of  the  transmission  of  the 
Anth.  to  our  subscribers  in  the  country. 

Feb.  26,  1807 

M""  P.  Thacher  read  a  review  of  Johnson's  Series 
of  N.  York  Term  Reports  Part  1='  by  M"^  Dan' 
Webster,  which  was  accepted,  but  referred  to  Mr.  T. 
for  emendation. 

The  new  Edition  of  the  Salem  Classical  Collection 
of  sacred  Musick  was  assigned  to  M""  Thacher  for 
M'  Pierce,^  and  No  4  of  the  Christian  Monitor  to  M' 
T.  for  Mr.  Freeman. 

Review  of  a  "Garland    of   Flowers"  by  Winthrop 

^  John  Pierce,  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Brookline,  1797  -1849. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  105 

Sargent  was  read  by  Sec'''  and  accepted  with  what  altera- 
tions the  authour  may  think  proper. 

Lines  from  Baltimore  signed  "  Sedley  "  were  rejected, 
owing  either  to  the  bad  reading  of  the  Secretary,  or 
their  intrinsick  worthlessness.  The  same  vote  passed 
on  an  Elegy  to  the  memory  of  Miss  Lucy  L.  Watson, 
Mr.  Shaw  seeming  a  little  offended  at  each  vote. 

Mr.  Field  read  his  review  of  Dobson's  letters  on 
the  Deity,  which  was  accepted;  he  also  offerred  a 
review  of  the  life  of  Pitt  from  a  friend,  understood 
to  be  Mr.  Allen,  which  was  accepted,  and  Mr.  Field 
was  requested  to  procure  a  review  of  the  life  of 
Fox  from  the  same  gentleman. 

An  excellent  poetical  communication  ^  from  J.  Q. 
Adams  at  Washington  was  approved.  Black's  Lec- 
tures were  assigned  to  D'  Gorham. 

M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  took  notice  of  his  duty  to 
prepare  the  Sylva  for  an  ensuing  No. 

March  5,   1807 

M'  Shaw  read  No.  i.  of  a  new  Series  of  Letters 
from  a  gentleman  of  this  town,'^  describing  his  route 
through  Switzerland.  It  was  very  little  relished  by 
the  Soc.  yet  not  rejected ;  but  as  we  are  now  pub- 
lishing a  course  of  Letters  from  the  same  Gentleman, 

^  A  poem,  "On  the  discoveries  of  Captain  Lewis,"  in  humorous  vein, 
by  John  Quincy  Adams. 

2  John  Lowell,  an  active  contributor  to  The  Monthly  Anthology,  and 
later  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Society. 


io6  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

relating  to  Italy,  the  new  series  cannot  be  received 
before  the  present  is  closed. 

A  review  of  Carr's  Stranger  in  Ireland  from  Mr. 
M.  Sargent  was  accepted,  &  a  burlesque  criticism  on 
Hei !   Diddle,  Diddle  &c  by  M'  Sargeant  accepted. 

"  The  Miseries  of  human  life "  were  thrown  on 
the  Secf  and  a  notice  requested  for  the  next  No. 
of  the  Anth. 

March  12,   1807 

The  Sect''  read  reviews  of  the  life  of  Frederick 
the  Great  and  of  the  "  Miseries  of  human  life,"  which 
were  accepted.  Dr.  Gorham  read  part  of  his  review 
of  Ewell's  discourses  on  Chemistry,  accepted. 

After  supper  Letters  of  Leinwha  in  continuation 
N"  6.  was  offered  by  the  Superintending  Committee, 
who  wished  a  determination  of  the  Soc.  during  the 
authour's  absence  and  without  the  communication 
being  read.  This  letter  had  been  offered  a  long 
time  ago  and  was  then  refused  admittance.  After 
some  explanations  critical  and  historical,  it  was  read, 
but  no  order  was  taken  on  it. 

The  subject  of  the  letters  from  Switzerland  was 
again  taken  up,  and  on  motion  for  its  acceptance,  it 
was  rejected. 

Mr.  Thacher  read  a  review  from  an  unknown  hand 
with  erasures  by  Mr.  T.  and  additions  by  Mr.  Pierce  ; 
it  was  very  dull  indeed  and  some  of  the  addenda  ap- 
peared to  contradict  the  original.     After  a  short  de- 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  107 

bate  it  was   rejected  and  the    book  referred  again  to 
M'  Thacher. 

Montgomery's  Poems  were  assigned  to  the  Secre- 
tary &  a  contemptible  thing  in  the  guise  of  a  tragedy, 
called  "  the  battle  of  Eutaw  Springs "  was  assigned 
to  Mr.  Sargeant. 

Dr.  Kirkland  having  taken  his  seat,  the  unhappy 
letter  from  Switzerland  was  again  brought  up  for 
dissection.  It  was  read  and  commented  on  during  a 
very  animated  debate.  The  Secretary  moved  it  be 
left  unaccepted  till  after  the  reading  of  No  2.  It 
was  said  by  the  opposers  of  the  letter,  that  it  was 
uninteresting  to  any  portion  of  our  readers,  excepting 
one  or  two  observations  upon  its  four  pages.  It  was 
said  by  its  friends,  that  it  contained  nothing  inconsis- 
tent with  good  sense,  and  coming  from  such  a  friend  to 
our  publication  and  so  celebrated  a  man,  it  should  be 
received. 

It  was  also  said,  that  we  had  our  fits  of  good  humour 
and  ill  humour  and  that  we  had  grown  too  proud  to 
subsist  if  we  should  reject  such  communications.  Dr. 
Kirkland's  motion,  that  it  be  accepted  with  amend- 
ments by  himself,  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Field,  and  sup- 
ported by  Mr.  Shaw ;  and  being  allowed  to  supersede 
the  motion  of  the  Secretary,  the  question  was  taken  on 
it,  when  it  was  lost.  Mr.  R.  H.  Gardiner  moved, 
that  it  be  left  on  file  not  to  be  published  without  a  re- 
consideration by  the  Soc.  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Dana 
and  ultimately  obtained,  being   opposed   by   the   sup- 


io8  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

porters  of  the  last  motion  of  Dr.  K.  Mr.  R.  H.  Gardi- 
ner took  notice  of  his  duty  to  write  the  Remarker  for 
April. 

March  19,  1807 

The  Secretary  read  a  review  of  Sewall's  Poems  by 
W.  B.  Sewall  Esq'  which  was  accepted.  M'  Emerson 
read  his  Remarker,  accepted. 

A  communication  respecting  an  expedition  by  order 
of  the  King  of  Spain  for  the  promotion  of  the  Kine- 
pock  inoculation  was  referred  to   Dr.    Gorham. 

Mr.  Sargent's  notice  of  "  Eutaw  Springs  "  was  ac- 
cepted. 

A  review  of  Economica  by  L.  Baldwin  jr.  was  ac- 
cepted and  referred  to  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  for  amend- 
ment. 

The  Sect''  read  a  notice  of  Montgomery's  poems 
which  was  accepted,  Mr.  Dana  objecting  however  to 
the  extent  of  one  of  the  assertions. 

The  "  Echo  "  was  assigned  to  Rev''  M'  Gardiner,  and 
Mr.  R.  H.  G.  desired  to  request  a  review  within  one 
month.     Jarvis'  Oration  assigned  to  the  Sect^. 

Some  conversation  followed  upon  the  subject  of  the 
Am.  Edition  of  Rees's  Cyclop,  which  will  perhaps 
never  be  attended  to  in  its  present  dispensation.  It 
was  thought  better,  especially  since,  by  our  exertions 
in  part,  the  publishers  have  promised  to  adhere  to 
all  the  London  text,  to  have  only  a  review  of  the 
Addenda  on  this  side  of  the  water,  than  to  pass  by  so 
important  a  work  without  notice.      Mr.  R.  H.  Gardiner 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  109 

with  such  an  impression  moved  that  part  2""^  Vol  i  of 
that  work  be  assigned  to  the  Sect^  to  review  as  well  as 
he  can,  and  to  offer  such  communication  in  one  month. 
This  plan  was  adopted,  the  Sect''  promising  labour,  but 
no  science.  Part  i  of  Vol  2  to  Emerson  to  be  pre- 
pared in  two  months ;  Part  2^  to  Kirkland  to  be  pre- 
pared in  two  months  ;  Parts  i  &  2  of  Vol  3"*  to  R. 
H.  Gardiner  Esq'  to  be  prepared  in  three  months. 

March  26,  1807 

A  communication  on  the  comparison  between  the 
Iliad  &  Eneid  No  2.  was  accepted  &  referred  for  amend- 
ment to  the  Secretary,  who  read  his  review  of  Jarvis' 
oration,  accepted. 

A  Tragedy  by  Mr.  White  of  Charlestown  (S.  C.) 
was  referred  to  Mr.  B.  Welles. 

A  review  of  Salem  Collection  of  Classical  Sacred 
Musick  by  Mr.  Thacher  was  accepted. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  devise  a  plan  for 
supplying  the  Anthology  reported.  After  being  read 
by  paragraphs  &  amended,  it  was  accepted  as  follows  : 

"  I.  To  add  a  new  department  to  include  general 
literature  and  the  polite  arts. 

"  2.  Also  that  a  series  of  essays  be  furnished  in- 
troductory to  a  course  of  studies  &  recommending  the 
best  authors  in  the  various  departments  of  science  & 
literature. 

"3.    That  the  gentlemen  to  write  the  Remarker  be  — 

"4.    That  the  gentlemen  to  write  the  Sylva  be  — 


no  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

"  5.  That  a  standing  committee  of  two  be  appointed 
semiannually  to  report  weekly  what  books  ought  to  be 
reviewed  &  to  nominate  the  reviewers  of  such  works, 
and  that  any  gentleman  named  as  a  reviewer  of  any 
work  shall  at  the  same  or  at  the  next  subsequent  meet- 
ing express  his  assent  or  dissent,  and  specify  the  time, 
when  his  review  shall  be  ready  for  publication. 

"6.  That  when  any  two  pieces,  other  than  reviews, 
shall  fall  to  any  member  for  the  same  month,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  next  in  rotation  to  take  his  turn 
upon  being  duly  notified." 

The  Soc.  then  proceeded  to  assign  the  various  depart- 
ments, viz : 

First.  On  literature  &  polite  arts  to  Mr.  J.  S.  J. 
Gardiner,  Mr.  Buckminster,  Dr.  Kirkland,  Mr.  Field, 
Mr.  Willard,  and  Rev**  Mr.  Gardiner  took  notice  of 
his  duty  to  provide  the  first  essay. 

2*^  On  a  course  of  study  &c  M'  M'Kean,  Dr.  Gor- 
ham,  M'  Emerson,  M'  P.  Thacher,  Dr.  Kirkland. 

2^  The  Remarker  Revd  M'  Gardiner,  M'  Savage, 
M'  Field,  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner,  M'  S.  C.  Thacher. 

4*'^  The  Sylva  M'  Sargent,  M'  B.  Welles,  M' 
Shaw,  M'^Kean,  Tudor.  M'  M"'Kean  received  notice 
of  his  duty  to  provide  the  first  essay  on  a  course  of 
Study  &c  and  Mr.  Sargent  to  provide  the  Sylva. 

The  Poetical  department  was  assigned  to  M'  Dana, 
Sargent  &  Field. 

M'  Shaw  &  the  Sec*''  were  appointed  the  Com.  on 
the  subject  of  Reviews. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  m 

A  Greek  Epigram  was  offered ;  but  being  unintelli- 
gible was  left  with  M'  Shaw. 

April  2,  1807 

M'  Shaw  read  a  translation  from  Petronius  on  dreams 
&  another  from  Ausonius  by  M'  L.  M.  Sargent,  both 
which  were  accepted.  A  communication  on  a  subject 
of  comparison  between  the  British  constitution  and 
ours  was  accepted,  understood  to  be  received  from  M' 
Elwyn  ^  of  Portsmouth.  The  i  part  of  Vol  2  of  the 
Am.  Ed.  of  the  Cyclopaedia  was  taken  from  Mr.  Emer- 
son and  assigned  to  D'  Kirkland,  and  Mr.  Emerson  to 
take  Dr.  K's  part.  Mr.  Thacher  declined  performing 
the  duties  assigned  to  him  the  last  meeting.  Memoirs 
of  Ninon  de  L'Enclos  assigned  to  M'  Field;  Memoirs 
of  Marmontel  to  M'  Sargent ;  Davis'  Poems  to  Mr. 
Shaw;  L.  M.  Sargent's  Culex  to  M^  Willard  ;  Fergu- 
son's lectures  to  Mr.  Baldwin "  of  Cambridge.  A  Vol. 
of  Poems  to  Mr.  Field ;  Patten's  Sermon  to  Dana. 

April  10,  1807 

Yesterday  being  the  annual  fast,  our  meeting  was 
deferred  till  this  evening  Friday. 

A  communication  from  M'  Cheverus  in  defence  of 

1  Probably  Thomas  Elwyn,  a  lawyer  of  Portsmouth,  and  son-in-law 
of  Governor  John  Langdon. 

*  This  seems  to  refer  to  Loammi  Baldwin,  son  of  Colonel  Loammi 
Baldwin  (see  page  82).  He  was  a  contributor  to  The  Monthly  Anthology 
after  his  father's  death  in   1807. 


112  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Roman  Catholics  was  accepted/     No.  i  of  Mr.  L.  M. 
Sargent's  amusement  was  accepted. 

Mr.  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  his  second  number  of 
Literary  Institutions,  which  was  accepted.  A  terrible 
defence  of  Southey  in  answer  to  a  part  of  the  last  Sylva 
was  read  and  rejected. 

Jpril  1 6,  1807 

A  communication  from  Cambridge,  called  a  his- 
torical sketch  in  relievo  of  Buonaparte  &c  was  rejected. 
Reviews  by  M'  Lincoln  of  Dana's  Sermons  and  of 
Patten's  sermon  were  accepted. 

M'  M'^Kean  read  his  introductory  Essay  called  The 
Student,  which  was  accepted.  A  notice  of  Geographical 
cards  by  W.  Sargent  was  accepted. 

Vol.  7  of  Hist.  Coll.  was  taken  from  M'  P.  Thacher 
&  given  to  M'  M'^Kean,  who  was  requested  to  prepare 
the  review  for  the  next  month. 

April  2^y  1807 

The  Sons  of  St.  George  having  a  convivial  meeting 
on  Thursday,  the  Society  assembled  on  Friday.  Mr. 
Willard  sent  us  his  review  of  Sargent's  Culex,  accepted  ; 
M'  W.  Sargent  read  his  review  of  Marmontel's 
Memoirs,  accepted ;  Mr.  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  his 
Remarker  No  20,  accepted ;  M'  D'  Gorham  read  the 
conclusion  of  his  review  of  Dr.  Ewell's  Discourses  on 
Chemistry. 

*  See  The  Monthly  Anthology,  April,  1807,  volume  4,  pages  187-190. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  113 

April  20,  1807 

The  Secretary  called  the  review  roll  and  enquired  of 
each  member,  when  his  notices  of  the  respective  works 
should  be  ready. 

D'  Gorham  promised  Black's  Lectures  for  May,  and 
Memoirs  of  Med.  Soc.  for  June;  M'  Dana  promised 
Aikin's  Letters  for  May;  M'  President  Valerian  for 
May;  M^  Field  Fox's  life  for  May;  M^  Sec.  Rees' 
Cyclopaedia  for  May. 

The  President  read  a  review  of  the  Echo  and  another 
of  Jotham  Waterman's  masonick  sermon. 

The  life  of  Beattie  was  assigned  to  M'  Sargent ; 
Grant's  poem  to  M'  Dana ;  Depon's  travels  to  the 
Secretary ;  Reply  to  Moore  to  M'  Shaw  ;  American 
Nepos  to  the  Sec.  Poems  from  N.  York  were  struck 
from  M'  Field's  list. 

May  7,  1807 

At  this  meeting  no  business,  except  eating,  drinking, 
and  smoking,  was  attended  to. 

M'  Cooper  receives  us  at  No  73  Cornhill. 

May  14,  1807 

The  Sect''  read  his  Remarker,  which  was  accepted. 

Rev*^  M'  M^Kean  read  his  review  of  Collections  of 
Hist.  Soc.  Vol.  7 ;  and  M'  Sargent  his  review  of 
Beattie's  life,  and  M'  Dana  his  review  of  Aikin's  Letters 
to  a  Lady ;  all  which  were  accepted. 


114  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Much  animated  controversy  followed  the  supper  on 
the  subject  of  our  rights  and  privileges  in  the  Athenaeum. 
M'  Shaw  would  not  speak  on  the  subject,  because  it 
seemed  criminal  to  doubt  the  honorable  observance  of 
the  engagements  of  the  Trustees. 

May  21,  1807 

The  Secretary  read  his  review  of  Dr.  Rees'  Cyclopae- 
dia Am.  Ed.  which  was  accepted  after  one  or  two  verbal 
corrections.  Dr.  Kirkland  read  part  of  his  review  of 
Priestley's  life,  which  was  accepted ;  The  Presdt  of- 
fered his  review  of  Valerian,  and  M'  Thacher  a  review 
of  the  Christian  Monitor  N°  4  by  M'  Tuckerman, 
accepted. 

M'  Austins  Character  of  Christ  was  assigned  to 
the  Presdt. 

A  letter  from  M'  Cheverus  to  ourselves  was  read  and 
Mr.  Shaw  authorized  to  correspond  with  him  on  the 
subject;  but  to  avoid  any  further  notice  of  the  con- 
troversy in  the  Anthology,  unless  desired  by  M'  C. 

M'  Field  took  notice  of  his  duty  to  write  the  next 
Remarker. 

May  28,  1807 

We  had  only  three  members,  the  thinnest  meeting 
ever  remembered.  Dr.  Gorham  reported,  that  the 
remarks  on  the  introduction  of  the  Kine  pox  in  South 
America  &c  were  of  trifling  importance,  as  the  history 
of  the  expedition  has  appeared  in  several  Medical 
journals  &c,  and  that  it  was  undeserving  of  the  pages 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  115 

of  the  Anth.  accepted,  nem.  con.  M'  Shaw  read  a 
complimentary  card  from  the  Observer  at  Baltimore, 
and  no  other  business  was  done. 

June  4,  1 807 

A  communication  from  S.  Dexter^  Esq'  of  Mendon, 
relating  to  N.  Gardiner^  was  accepted. 

Dean's  analytical  guide  to  penmanship  was  assigned 
to  the  Secretary  for  M'  Brimmer,^  Mease's  Geological 
view  of  the  U.  S.  to  R.  H.  Gardiner,  Walker's  spelling 
book  to  M'  Emerson,  Voter's  Guide  to  M'  Shaw  for 
M'  Merrill,  the  9''  Vol.  of  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  was  taken 
from  M'  Willard's  list  &  given  to  M'  M'^Kean. 

June  II,  1807 

A  literary  Communication  from  our  Correspondent 
R.'*  at  Providence,  which  was  referred  half  read  to  M' 
Shaw  &  the  Secretary. 

A  communication  ^  from  an  unknown  hand  in  an- 
swer to  Caradoc  in  the  Port  Folio,  an  attack  on  the 
town  of  Boston  read  &  accepted. 

The  Secretary  brought  up  the  discussion  of  the 
Committees   for    the    supplying    the    Anthology.      He 

*  Samuel  Dexter,  a  Boston  merchant,  bom  in  Dedham,  1726,  and  died 
in  Mendon,  1810.      He  was  a  member  of  the  Council,  1765-177 5. 

2  Nathaniel  Gardner,  who  was  for  many  years  usher  in  the  Boston 
Latin  School,  and  died  in  1760. 

^   George  W.  Brimmer,  of  Boston,  uncle  of  Martin  Brimmer. 

*  Paul  Allen,  whose  contributions  to  the  The  Monthly  Anthology  were 
signed  R. 

*  See  The  Monthly  Anthology,  June,  1807,  volume  4,  page  289. 


ii6  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

insisted  that  the  Remarker  should  not  be  expected 
from  the  four  gentlemen,  to  whom  it  was  assigned, 
while  the  Committee  for  Essays  on  Polite  Literature 
did  nothing.  This  was  generally  assented  to  but  no 
order  taken  thereon. 

June  1 8,  1807 

A  review  of  Grant's  poem  from  M'  Lincoln  was 
accepted  &  referred  for  correction  to  the  Secretary. 
Bentley's  sermon  assigned  to  the  Presdt.  M'  R.  H. 
Gardiner  was  relieved  from  the  Agricultural  Societys 
papers,  which  were  assigned  to  D'  Kirkland.  The 
Society  had  a  very  agreeable  session,  which  lasted 
beyond  the  canonical  hour. 

June  25,  1807 

At  the  opening  of  the  meeting  M'  Shaw  read  the 
resolutions  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
in  favour  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  Anthology.  We 
then  subscribed  our  names   as  life  subscribers. 

M'  M'Kean  read  his  Student  N°  1.  which  was 
accepted.  M'  Lincoln  sent  us  a  review  of  W.  E. 
Channings  sermons,  accepted.  M'  Field  read  his  Re- 
marker,  accepted ;  M'  Sect''  read  a  review  of  Jackson 
on  Mediterranean  commerce,  from  an  unknown  hand,* 
accepted. 

D'  Kirkland  continued  his  review  of  Priestley  with 

1  Benjamin  Pollard,  of  Boston,  1780-1836.  He  was  the  City  Marshal 
of  Boston,  I  822-1836;  an  early  editor  of  the  Boiton  Evening  Gazette,  and 
a  writer  on  political  topics. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  117 

an  examination  of  one  part  of  the  Appendix  by  D' 
Gorham,  accepted,  tho  incomplete,  the  club  being 
left  in  doubt  whether  the  D'  would  finish  the  sub- 
ject for  the  Anth.  for  June  or  for  an  ensuing  No.  The 
President  read  his  review  of  Bentley's  sermon,  which 
was  accepted.  We  had  an  uncommonly  fine  meet- 
ing, eleven  members  being  present.  Scott's  Ballads 
&  the  Wild  Irish  girl  were  assigned  to  M'  Sargent 
for  review.  Reed's  convention  sermon  to  Revd.  M' 
Emerson,  Roberts  on  Frauds  &  the  Picture  of  N. 
York  to  M'  Thacher,  Webster's  Grammar  to  the 
Secretary,  and  Ninon  de  L'Enclos  was  taken  from 
M'  Field  and  given  to  M'  Dana. 

July  2,  1807 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  meeting  and  projected  much 
good  for  the  Anth.  but  no  business  was  done. 

July  9,  1807 

The  club  were  informed,  that  M'  Cooper  would 
leave  his  present  residence  next  week,  and  M'  Shaw 
and  the  Secf  were  chosen  a  Com.  to  procure  a  place 
of  meeting  for  next  Thursday  &c.  No  other  business 
was  transacted. 

July  16,  I807 

The  Society  convened  at  the  room  in  Devonshire 
street,  belonging  to  the  Theological  library.  No  busi- 
ness was  done. 


ii8  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

August  6,  1807 

In  the  absence  of  the  Sect''  from  the  two  last 
meetings    no  record  was  kept. 

Some  reviews  were  read  and  accepted,  and  M*" 
Shaw  &  M'  Thacher  were  a  Committee  to  receive 
and  decide  upon  others. 

The  meetings  were  holden  at  M"  Delano's.^  This 
evening  also  we  assembled  at  M"  D\ 

The  Secretary  read  a  review  from  M'  Brimmer 
of  "  Dean's  analytical  guide,"  which  was  accepted. 
M'  Dana  promised  his  review  of  Ninon  for  the 
present  month.  Powell  on  Devises  was  assigned  to 
M^  Thacher. 

No  order  was  passed  on  the  place  of  the  next 
meeting. 

August  13,  1807 

The  Society  met  at  the  President's.  A  com- 
munication, signed  Quaestor  was  read  &  referred  to 
the  Secty.  Dr.  Gorham  was  desired  to  prepare  an 
account  of  the  Boylston  donation  to  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. Dana's  Oration  was  referred  to  Shaw,  Vol- 
ney's  Travels  in  the  United  States  to  R.  H.  Gardiner, 
Tyng's  Reports  to  Thacher.  It  was  generally  thought 
that  the  aspect  of  things  was  bad  for  the  nation  and 
the  Anthology. 

1  The  Boston  Directory  for  1807  mentions  Hannah  Delano,  boarding 
house,  Atkinson  Street. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  119 

August  20,  1807 

The  Vice  President  received  M'  Dana  &  the  Secre- 
tary, who  alone  formed  the  meeting. 

The  Vice  Pr.  read  a  review  of  Agri.  Soc.  papers 
N°  —  and  a  review  of  two  sermons  by  M'  Popkin, 
accepted.  The  Secf  read  a  review  from  M'  Lincoln 
of  a  masonick  address,  accepted. 

The  Secty  read  his  review  of  the  i"  Vol.  of  De- 
pon's  travels,  accepted.  An  Ode  about  Columbia 
was  rejected.  M'  Emerson  offered  an  Ode  by  J. 
Williams  Esq'  accepted.  Messinger  on  Resignation 
and  the  Christian  Monitor  N°  5  were  assigned  to  the 
V.  P.  &  Sargent's  Ed.  of  Symposius'  Enigmas  to 
the  Secf. 

Sept.  25,  1807 

After  a  long  interval  we  met  at  M'  Emerson's 
and  were  exhilarated  by  the  accession  of  our  friends 
Buckminster  &  Thacher. 

The  Secretary  read  his  review  of  Symposius  by 
L.   M.  Sargent,  which  was  accepted. 

M'  S.  C.  Thacher  read  reviews  of  M'  M'Keans 
address  at  his  introduction  to  the  Presidency  of 
Bowdoin  College  &  Mr.  Jenks'  Eulogy  on  him,  also 
a  review  of  a  sermon  by  M'  Alden  of  Portsmouth, 
which  were  accepted,  as  likewise  was  his  notice  of  the 
Am.  Ed.  of  Bacon's  Essays. 

Two  letters  were  read  from  M'  J.  Pickering  of 
Salem,  advising  delay  for  a  short  time  in   our  exam- 


120  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

ination  of  Rees  Cyclopaedia  Am.  Ed.  &  promising 
assistance  was  therefore  very  kindly  received,  &  M' 
W.  Wells  was  desired  to  answer  M'  P.  in  our  name. 

Tappan's  two  Vols,  were  assigned  to  M'  Buck- 
minster,  Notts  baccalaureate  address  and  the  Con- 
troversy preceding  connected  with  it  were  referred 
to  M'  Emerson.  M'^Farland  on  Heresy  was  taken 
from  M'  Emerson  &  given  to  D'  Kirkland  at  the 
special  instance  of  D'  K.  Much  pleasant  conversation 
followed  supper  about  Websters  Diet.  Marshall's 
Washington  &  other  things  less  connected  with  our 
Society. 

We  broke  up  at  a  vulgar  hour. 

Oct.  22,   1807 

The  Society  met  at  M"  Carter's  in  Southack's 
Court. ^  The  Secretary  was  absent,  and  little  business 
was  done.  The  review  of  a  pamphlet  on  the  British 
Treaty  by  M'  Lowell,  of  My  Pocket  Book  by 
M'  Kendal,  and  of  Vol  3'*  of  Depon's  Voyage  by  the 
Secretary  were  read  and  accepted. 

Oct.  29,  1807 

The  Society  met  at  M''  Carter's,  and  the  table  was 
well  attended,  but  no  business  was  transacted.  Some 
talk  was  had  upon  our  anniversary,  which  elapsed 
some  weeks  ago.  M'  President  invited  us  to  dine 
with  him  on  Wednesday  next,  when  it  should  be 
determined. 

*  Called  Howard  Street  in  1821. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  121 

Nov.  4,  Wednesday,  1807 

The  Society  enjoyed  a  sumptuous  dinner  at  Rev''  M' 
Gardiner's. 

It  was  the  general  opinion,  that  the  Anthology  had 
been  some  time  languishing  and  required  some  extraor- 
dinary exertions  to  support  it ;  that  the  members  of 
the  club  had  lost  much  of  their  interest  in  its  welfare 
by  the  intermission  of  our  regular  meetings;  that  the 
funds  were  in  a  bad  state  by  the  negligence  &  niggard- 
liness of  the  printers ;  that  the  times  required  the  An- 
thology to  vindicate  its  authourity.  Voted,  That  M' 
Savage  &  M'  Buckminster  be  a  Committee  to  inspect 
the  Treasurer's  accounts  with  a  general  power  to  inquire 
into  whatever  may  subserve  our  pecuniary  interest. 
The  roll  of  delinquencies  was  called  &  the  gentlemen 
promised  well.  Marshall's  life  of  Washington  was  as- 
signed to  M'  S.  C.  Thacher.  Tookes  diversions 
were  struck  off  from  M'  Willard's  list  &  Webster's 
Dictionary  added. 

Nov.  9,  Monday,  1807 

The  Society  were  invited  to  M'  Buckminsters,  and 
the  meeting  was  very  full. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  examine  the  accounts 
of  the  Treasurer  reported  "a  balance  against  the  Society 
of  1 1 52.9 1  which  may  be  provided  for  by  the  payment 
of  monies  long  due  from  our  printers."  The  report 
was  accepted. 


122  THE    ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

The  same  Com,  then  reported  their  correspondence 
&  transactions  with  Mess"  Munroe  &  Francis,  and  all 
the  papers  were  read.  Thanks  were  voted  to  the 
Committee. 

On  motion  of  the  Secretary  the  opinion  of  the  Society 
was  taken  on  the  expediency  of  raising  the  price  of  our 
labours  to  five  Dollars  pr  an.  The  Soc.  voted  it  in- 
expedient by  a  very  large  majority.  A  long  discussion 
ensued  on  the  ways  &  means  for  the  next  year.  A 
committee  of  two  was  voted  to  make  any  engagement 
with  any  printers.  Nobody  would  serve  on  that  Com- 
mittee. It  was  then  voted  that  the  Com.  should  con- 
sist of  three  &  M'  Buckminster,  the  Secretary  &  M' 
Shaw  consented  to  serve.  A  communication  purporting 
to  be  a  review  of  a  pamphlet  on  the  British  Constitution 
was  referred  to  M'  W.  Wells  to  make  &  mould  into 
an  essay,  as  we  cannot  admit  a  review  of  a  foreign  pub- 
lication. After  supper  wit  and  burgundy  came  in 
abundance,  but  our  duties  were  not  forgotten. 

Every  gentleman  present,  except  as  they  were  ex- 
cepted, viz.  W  S.  C.  Thacher,  M'  P.  Thacher,  M' 
Dana  &  M'  Secretary,  promised  to  provide  a  review 
for  the  next  number  of  the  Anth.  to  be  offered  next 
week  on  Thursday  or  at  the  meeting  of  the  following 
week.  Doubts  arising  in  the  breast  of  M'  Shaw  upon 
the  procuring  of  a  Silva,  the  Gentlemen  present,  except 
M'  P.  Thacher  &  M'  Secretary  promised  to  furnish 
an  article.  For  our  ensuing  meetings,  deficiente  crumena, 
Mr.  R.  H.  Gardiner  invited  us  to  his  house  on  Thurs- 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  123 

day  of  next  week,  &  our  worthy  President  to  his  house 
on  Wednesday  of  the  week  following.  The  President 
was  also  desired  to  communicate  with  M""'  Pope,  or 
other  person,  about  admitting  us  to  hold  our  convoca- 
tions with  her,  and  was  assured  of  the  willingness  of  the 
Society  to  pay  eight  Dollars  pr.  week  for  that  indulgence 
with  its  proper  accompaniments  minus  cigars,  which 
every  gentleman  was  ordered  to  procure  for  himself 
We  parted  very  well  satisfied  with  each  other. 

Nov.  19,  1807 

The  Club  was  assembled  at  M''  R.  H.  Gardiners, 
and  the  meeting  was  a  full  one. 

The  Secretary  read  his  Remarker,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Willard  read  a  notice  of  the  Diversions  of 
Purley,  M""  Buckminster  a  review  of  the  Episcopal 
and  Presbyterian  controversy  in  New- York,  M""  Presi- 
dent his  review  of  Austin's  human  character  of  Jesus 
Christ,  which  were  severally  read  &  accepted. 

M--  Willard,  M--  S.  C.  Thacher,  M^  R.  H.  Gardi- 
ner, D'  Kirkland  &  the  President  to  their  honour  be 
it  recorded,  produced  their  articles  for  the  Sylva  of 
the  present  month. 

After  supper  we  considered  the  subject  of  the  division 
of  labour  in  filling  the  pages  of  the  Anthology.  M"" 
Savage   was  added   to   the  Superintending  Committee. 

It  was  then  declared  by  Mess"  S.  C.  Thacher  & 
Savage,  that  on  the  present  establishment  of  the  Re- 
marker,  they  could  not  write  again,  while  the  Gentlemen, 


124  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

assigned  to  the  departments  of  literature  and  science  were 
careless  of  their  duties.  It  was  then  moved  &  seconded 
that  M""  Dana  be  excused  from  his  promise  to  write 
four  dissertations  on  Shakespear  annually,  he  himself 
declaring  he  never  would  fufil  it,  but  on  a  division  this 
motion  was  lost,  M*"  Shaw  declaring,  he  knew  M"^  Dana 
would  write,  and  that  he  would  be  responsible  for  his 
punctuality. 

It  was  then  moved,  that  M'  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner,  M' 
Buckminster  and  others  be  excused  from  their  duty  to 
write  a  series  of  essays  on  literature  &  the  polite  arts, 
which  was  carried,  nem.  cont.  The  motion  to  absolve 
D[  Kirkland  &  others  from  their  duty  to  write  a  series  of 
essays  on  a  course  of  study  passed  with  equal  readiness. 

Additions  were  then  made  to  the  number  of  gentle- 
men to  write  the  Remarker  in  the  following  order, 
D'  Kirkland,  M^  Buckminster,  M'  M'Kean,  M' 
Willard,  M^  Emerson,  a  clerical  band !  !  M""  S.  C. 
Thacher  will  write  the  Remarker  for  December,  so 
that  D'  Kirkland,  first  on  the  new  list,  will  commence 
in  Jan^ 

It  was  then  voted  that  the  Sylva  be  in  future  written 
by  the  Society  collectively  and  to  ensure  an  early  supply 
for  our  pages,  it  was  ordered  that  every  member  of  the 
Society  bring  an  article  for  the  Sylva  on  the  first  meeting 
of  every  month. 

As  the  Committee  for  recommending  works  to  be 
reviewed  have  neglected  that  duty,  M""  Thacher  took 
the  two  last  N°'  of  the  Anthology  and  read  the  Cata- 


THE    SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  125 

logue  of  new  works,  of  which  some  were  assigned  as 
follows,  Peter's  Admiralty  decisions  to  M'  P.  Thacher, 
Worcester  and  everybody  else  on  Baptism  to  D' 
Kirkland,  for  M""  Tuckerman,  Flint's  sermons  to  Pro- 
fessor Willard,  Lord  Littleton  to  the  President,  Blatch- 
ford's  Greek  grammar  to  M'  S.  C.  Thacher,  The  Berean 
to  D"^  Kirkland,  Emerson's  Catechisms  to  M"^  Buckmin- 
ster,  Lancaster's  system  of  Education  to  Buckminster, 
Chapman's  Speeches  to  M"'  Field,  Websters  Letter  to 
Ramsay  to  M"'  Willard,  Female  Enthusiast,  a  Tragedy, 
to  M'  Dana. 

M""  Buckminster  renewed  a  subject,  which  he  had 
mentioned  at  a  former  meeting,  viz.  Notice  of  American 
Works  of  curious  merit  and  value,  published  long  since, 
and  among  them  enumerated  Otis  on  Prosody,  An 
Enquiry  into  the  origin  of  the  variety  of  colour  in 
our  species  by  a  President  of  Princeton  College,  and  a 
translation  of  part  of  Cicero's  works  by  a  Professor  at 
Dartmouth  College.  Otis  on  Prosody  was  assigned  to 
the  President. 

The  next  meeting  was  ordered  to  be  holden  on 
Friday  next  at  the  Presidents. 

Nov.  27, 1807 

In  spite  of  the  tempestuous  weather  and  the  distance 
of  the  Presidents  house  we  had  a  full  meeting. 

M""  Dana  read  his  review  of  Ninon's  letters,  which 
was  accepted.  M'  S.  C.  Thacher  read  his  Remarker 
for  December,  which  was  accepted. 


126  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

The  President  reported  that  he  had  applied  to  M""^ 
Pope  to  afford  us  shelter,  and  that  she  v/ould  take  time 
to  devise  thereon.  D''  Kirkland  took  notice  of  his  duty 
to  write  the  Remarker  for  January  and  was  desired  by 
the  Superintending  Com.  to  have  it  for  us  by  the  tenth 
of  that  month. 

On  motion  by  the  same  Com.  every  gentleman  was 
asked  what  he  would  afford  for  the  next  N°  of  the 
Anth.  besides  his  Silva. 

M""  President  promised  a  review  of  Littleton's  Letters, 
if  he  could  procure  the  book.  M""  Shaw  promised  a 
translation  for  the  Miscellany  to  fill  three  pages.  M*" 
W"  Wells  to  procure  the  Salem  Review  of  Rees' 
Cyclop.  M""  Buckminster  nothing  but  good  wishes. 
M""  R.  H.  Gardiner  a  review  of  one  of  his  works. 
M""  Savage  a  review  of  Bancroft  &  Ramsay's  life  of 
Washington.  D*"  Kirkland  a  review  of  M'^Farland 
on  Heresy  or  Lathrops  Sermons.  M""  Willard  a 
review. 

It  was  moved  by  the  Secretary  that  M''  Buckminster 
be  requested  to  write  the  address  to  the  publick  for 
next  year.  This  he  declined,  and  proposed  that  duty 
for  the  President  which  was  voted  nem.  cont. 

Dec.  4,  1807 

At  the  Presidents,  according  to  a  former  vote  of  the 
society,  the  articles  for  the  Silva  were  read  by  the 
President,  M""  Willard,  the  Secretary  &  M''  R.  H. 
Gardiner.     The  other  gentlemen  excused  themselves  as 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  127 

well  as  they  could,  rather  lamely,  but  most  of  them 
promised  much  for  next  week. 

M"^  Shaw  read  a  review  of  an  "American",  by  John 
Lowell,  which  was  accepted. 

A  sermon  by  Revd.  Thos.  Thacher  was  assigned  to 
M""  M'^Kean.  Parish  &  Hubbard's  abridgments  of 
geography  to  R.  H.  Gardiner.  3^*  Volume  of  Medical 
Repository  to  D""  Gorham.  A  novel,  called  Ira  & 
Isabella  to  IVP  Dana.  Percy  on  Episcopacy  to  M"" 
Buckminster.  2^  Volume  of  miseries  to  the  Secretary. 
Espriella's  letters  to  the  President.  D""  Kirkland  was 
desired  to  write  to  the  Hon^'^  Chief  Justice  Kent  of 
New-York  &  request  of  him  a  review  of  the  second 
and  third  volume  of  Cranch's   Reports. 

The  President  was  obliged  to  afford  us  the  intelli- 
gence, that  we  could  not  be  accommodated  at  M""^  Pope 
or  M''^  Hatch's.  Ordered,  that  every  member  inquire 
of  M"'  Shaw  next  Thursday  for  the  place  of  meeting. 

Dec.  10,  1807 

We  were  informed  by  the  President  that  he  had 
made  a  bargain  with  a  man  to  receive  us  at  the  rate  of 
one  hundred  Dollars  pr.  quarter,  and  the  gentlemen  this 
evening  through  a  thick  fog  and  much  mud  attempted 
to  find  the  house ;  but  the  President  had  directed  us  to 
a  wrong  house  and  went  there  himself,  very  much  to 
the  amusement  of  us  and  the  annoyance  of  M""  .  .  . 
At  last  we  convened  at  M""  Sanger's  in  Milk  Street, 
and  enjoyed  the  reward  of  our  labours. 


128  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

D""  Kirkland  read  an  article  for  the  Sllva,  which  was 
accepted ;  but  no  other  member  had  brought  his 
contribution. 

The  Secretary  read  his  review  of  Ramsay's  &  Ban- 
croft's life  of  Washington,  which  after  some  discussion 
and  amendment  was  accepted. 

No  other  business  was  transacted,  the  members 
feehng  rather  wild  in  a  strange  room. 

The  beef  was  good  and  the  wine  bad.  Every  man 
did  not  carry  his  own  segars,  as  had  been  previously 
voted. 


RECORDS  OF  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY,  VOL.  4 


RECORDS  OF  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY,  VOL.  4 

I'hursday  evenings  Dec.    17,   1807 

The  Society  met  at  Sangers,  and  had  a  pleasant 
time,  though  the  seats  were  not  half  filled.  The  Sec- 
retary read  a  communication  from  M'  Webster-^  on 
the  French  language,  which  was  accepted.  M^  R. 
H.  Gardiner  read  his  review  of  Mease's  geological 
view  of  the  United  States,  which  was  accepted.  M' 
Vice  President  took  his  place  after  long  absence. 

Dec.  24,   1807 

The  meeting  was  not  very  full. 

M'  Willard  read  his  review  of  Webster's^  Letter, 
which  was  accepted.  M""  M'^Kean  and  M'  Emer- 
son were  unhappily  unprovided  with  the  reviews  ex- 
pected from  them ;  and  D""  Kirkland  was  absent. 
Voted,  That  the  corresponding  or  superintending 
Committee  examine  and  publish  reviews  for  the  num- 
ber of  the  Anth.   now  in  the  press. 

*  Daniel  Webster.  See  The  Monthly  Anthology  iox  December,  1807, 
volume  4,  pages  647-649. 

*  Noah  Webster. 


132  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M""  Buckminster  read  a  long  list  of  American 
ancient  works,  of  which  we  ought  to  publish  re- 
views. Voted,  That  M'  B.  write  the  first  of  these 
archaeological  critiques  on  Logan's  Translation  of 
Cicero.  Fashion's  Analysis  assigned  to  M""  S.  C. 
Thacher  to  procure  a  review  from   M""  Norton. 

M'^  Warren's  History  was  at  last  taken  from 
Shaw  &  assigned  to  R.  H.  Gardiner. 

'Thursday,  Bee.  31,   1807 

The  meeting  was  well  attended,  but  the  conversa- 
tion was  on  topicks,  very  little  connected  with  the 
Anth.  The  Secretary  began  to  read  a  communication 
of  seven  pages  from  our  friend  R.  at  Providence 
upon  the  Indian  character;  but  he  had  proceeded 
not  one  quarter  of  the  way  through,  when  the  rest- 
lessness of  the  Revd  President  and  some  other  gentle- 
men compelled  him  to  stop.  However  our  diffuse 
correspondent's  work  was  accepted,  meo  periculo. 

M""  Buckminster  was  informed  of  his  duty  to 
write  the  Remarker  for  February. 

The  members  sat  with  more  pertinacity  than  usual ; 
but  we  dissolved  before  the  clock  struck  twelve  by 
one  or  two  minutes,  and  wished  each  other  happy 
new  year  in  the  streets. 

Jan^  7,   1808 
M'  Emerson,  M^  Sect^  and   M""  Willard    produced 
their  articles  for  the  Silva,  which  were  accepted. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  133 

A  communication  from  M*"  Norton  on  allowing 
the  clergy  the  occasional  use  of  printed  discourses 
was  accepted. 

Callenders  Century  sermon  was  voted  to  D"" 
Eliot,  and  M*"  Shaw  is  to  request  him  to  give  a  re- 
view of  it  for  March.  Hopkinson's  works  were  as- 
signed to  M""  Dana  under  a  promise  from  him,  that 
the  review  should  be  ready  in  April. 

A  long  conversation  ensued  upon  the  subject  of 
our  anniversary  dinner.  The  decision  was  in  favour 
of  having  it  next  Thursday  at  Billing's  in  Milton, 
M""  Shaw  to  provide  carriages  for  the  club  to  take 
us  up  at  two  o'clock. 

Ordered^  That  as  we  have  lost  the  company  and 
labours  of  D^  Jackson  and  Warren,  and  as  we  shall 
probably  never  again  behold  the  face  of  our  friend 
Sargeant,  and,  as  some  other  members  (not  to  call 
names)  are  very  seldom  with  us  and  afford  us  very 
little  support,  the  names  of  M'  Ritchie  and  M'  Stickney 
be  put  on  nomination  as  members  of  the  club. 


Jany  18,   1808 

By  the  death  of  our  brother  Winthrop  Sargent 
the  club  was  prevented  from  the  enjoyment  of  their 
dinner  at  the  time  agreed  on  for  the  celebration  of 
the  anniversary.  It  was  deferred  till  this  day. 
Eight  Members  only  of  the  club  went  to  Billings' 
hotel   through    a    violent    storm.     The    Secretary   was 


134  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

absent  on  a  long  journey.  The  fury  of  the  storm 
was  forgotten  for  a  long  time  at  dinner,  and  disre- 
garded in  the  ride  to  town,  where  the  gentlemen 
arrived,  as  I  am  informed,  between  ten  and  eleven. 


Jan?  21,  1808 

The  Society  met  at  the  usual  place,  and  in  the 
absence  of  the  Sec*^  M^   Shaw  officiated. 

M'  Emerson  read  a  review  of  the  Christian  Mon- 
itor by  M"^  Gray,  accepted ;  also  a  review  of  Colum- 
bian &  European  harmony,  accepted.  M*"  McKean 
read  a  review  of  Thacher's  sermon,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Thayer's  sermon  was  assigned  to  M''  Emerson. 

M''  President  read  his  reviews  of  Espriella's  Letters 
&  of  Otis  on  Prosody,  which  were  accepted.  D' 
Gorham  read  a  review  of  Pharmacopoeia,  which  was 
accepted.  Revd.  M""  Buckminster  read  his  article 
for  Silva,  which  was  accepted,  as  was  his  notice  of 
Griesbach's  Greek  Testament.  He  then  read  his  In- 
troductory essay  to  the  archaeological  or  retrospective 
review,  as  M'^  Shaw  calls  it,  which  was  accepted.  M' 
M'^Kean  took  notice  of  his  duty  to  write  the  Remarker 
for  March.  Abercrombie's  church  catechism  was  as- 
signed to  M""  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner,  and  the  life  of  Hugh 
Peters. 

D'  Kirkland  wished  to  continue  the  subject  of  his 
Remarker  for  January  in  the  Remarker  for  February, 
which  was  agreed  to  and  ordered. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  135 

M'  Buckminster  &  Savage  were  chosen  a  Com- 
mittee to  settle  all  former  accounts  with  Monroe  & 
Francis  and  to  make  a  new  contract  with  them  or 
others.  To  this  Committee  M'  M'^Kean  was  added. 
The  Philadelphia  Unitarian  tracts  were  given  to  M' 
Emerson  to  procure  a  review. 

M'  Emerson  was  also  desired  to  prepare  an  article 
for  the  obituary  of  our  lamented  brother  Winthrop 
Sargent. 

Jat^  1^,  1808 

The  club  was  not  very  full. 

Parish's  Geography  was  assigned  to  R.  H.  Gardiner 
Esq"" ;  Sotheby's  Saul  to  the  Predt ;  Villers  on  the 
Reformation  of  Luther  to  M""  S.  Thacher.  D""  Kirk- 
land  read  his  Remarker,  which  was  accepted. 

Feb.  4,  1808 

No  business  was  transacted  at  the  club  this  evening, 
the  members,  having  forgotten,  that  it  was  the  first 
meeting  in  the  month,  neglected  their  articles  for 
Silva. 

Feb.  II,  1808 

The  Silva  of  M'  Willard  was  presented  by  M' 
Dana,  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  accepted  by  the 
Society.  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the 
subject  of  our  concerns   with   our    printers  made  an 


136  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

unhappy  report.  M'  M'^Kean  being  prevented  by 
indisposition  from  attending  the  meeting  of  the  Com. 
M""  Buckminster  &  M'^  Savage  acted,  and  they 
state,  that  the  printers  declare,  if  we  call  on  them  for 
the  arrears  due  for  the  year  1805  &  1807  they  must 
discontinue  printing  the  work,  and  that,  if  any,  the 
least,  compensation  is  expected  from  them  for  this 
current  year,  in  money,  they  must  decline  the  honour 
of  publishing  our  labours.  They  would  continue  with 
pleasure  to  print  for  us,  but  can  afford  no  other  com- 
pensation, than  one  hundred  numbers  of  the  Anth. 
stitched.  They  offer,  to  justify  their  delinquency  an 
account  of  the  number  of  subscribers  &  the  sums 
due  from  them,  by  which  it  appears  that  above  eight 
hundred  Dollars  is  due  to  them  from  Subscribers,  and 
that  the  number  of  our  patrons  has  decreased  by  forty 
and  increased  by  eighteen. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  warn  every  member  of 
this  Society  to  attend  next  Thursday  evening  punctu- 
ally at  seven  o'clock  to  take  into  consideration  the 
state  of  our  world  and  to  devise  ways  and  means  to 
continue  it  in  motion ;  and  that  M""  Shaw  be  directed 
to  make  inquiries  of  all,  to  whom  he  shall  choose  to 
apply,  to  ascertain  on  what  terms  the  Anth.  may  be 
conducted  in  future,  and  to  report  at  said  meeting. 

Feb.  18,  1808 

The  meeting  was  very  full,  only  M'  M^Kean,  M' 
Field  &  M""  B.  Welles  being  absent,  of  whom  the  two 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  137 

last  have  long  appeared  obliti  nostrorum,  and  our  own 
pride  forces  us  to  add  obliviscendi  et  nobis. 

M""  Shaw  reported  verbally  that  he  had  conversed 
with  two  persons,  who  were  desirous  of  printing  the 
Anthology,  Etheridge  and  Bliss,  and  a  M'  Simons 
and  his  partner.  M''  Shaw  declares  that  he  informed 
them  of  the  situation  of  the  work,  as  to  number  of 
subscribers,  copies  to  be  given  away  &c.  and  that  they 
were  ready  and  willing  to  give  one  thousand  Dollars 
for  our  labour  in  conducting  the  Anth.  This  sum 
seemed  so  large  as  to  astonish  the  members,  who  put 
several  interrogatories  to  M''  Shaw,  to  which  his 
answers  were  so  far  satisfactory,  as  to  overcome  in 
some  measure  our  humble  notions  of  ourselves. 
After   much  conversation  on   all   parts   of  the   subject 

M''  Savage  moved,  that be  a  committee  to  make 

a  bargain  with  printers  in  this  town  for  printing  the 
Anthology,  reserving  all  proper  numbers  for  the 
Athenaeum  authors,  in  exchange  for  other  publications 
&c.  the  said  printers,  entering  into  an  obligation 
to  pay  us  —  hundred  Dollars  pr.  year,  payable 
quarterly  &  this  contract  to  last  only  for  this  current 
year.  This  was  passed,  and  the  first  blank  filled  with 
the  name  of  M""  Shaw  and  the  second  ordered  to  be 
left,  so  that  the  sum  should  depend  upon  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Committee. 

On  motion  of  M""  R.  H.  Gardiner,  Ordered^  That 

be    a    committee    to    purchase    of    Monroe    and 

Francis  all  the  numbers  of  the  Anthology  now  printed. 


138  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

and  likewise  the  numbers  for  the  present  month  and  to 
settle  all  accounts  with  them.  Ordered  that  the  blank 
be  filled  with  the  name  of  M''  Savage. 

Ordered,  That  M"'  Shaw  and  M""  Savage  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  contract  with  the  new  printers  for  the  pur- 
chase of  the  numbers  of  the  Anthology  now  printed. 

Ordered,  That  M^  S.  C.  Thacher  be  a  Committee 
to  write  an  address  or  circular  letter  for  the  new 
printers. 

Feh,  25,  1808 

The  Secretary  read  a  review  of  Dallas  Reports  Vol. 
4'*"  by  the  Hon'''"  Judge  Parker,^  which  was  accepted. 

A  communication  on  the  tragedy  of  Pizarro  was  read 
by  the  President,  and  ordered  to  be  inserted  in  Silva. 
The  Revd.  President  then  read  an  article  for  the  Silva, 
containing  a  critique  and  imitation  of  Gray.  Lawes 
system  of  Pleading  was  assigned  to   M""   P.   Thacher. 

Although  the  meeting  was  thin,  M""  Shaw  and  M"" 
Savage  Proh  dolor !  went  away  to  M^  W.  Sullivan's 
ball. 

March  2"  1808 

There  was  much  talk,  but  nothing  done  this  evening, 
although  the  articles  for  Silva  were  due. 

March  10,  1808 

M'  Willard  was  the  only  gentleman,  who  produced 
his  article  for  the  Silva,  which  was  accepted. 

1  Isaac  Parker,  later  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Society. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  139 

Our  quarter's  rent  having  become  due  and  there  be- 
ing no  money  in  the  Treasury,  but  we  being  two  hun- 
dred Dollars  in  debt  to  the  Treasurer,  M""  Secretary- 
moved  an  assessment  of  ten  Dollars,  which  was  ordered. 

March  17,  1808 

At  this  meeting  the  Presdt.  read  a  letter  he  had  re- 
ceived from  Bishop  Moore,^  enclosing  an  examination 
of  a  review  of  D"^  Miller's  &  others  on  Episcopacy  ; 
which  being  of  great  length,  was  referred  in  toto  to  M' 
Buckminster. 

M'  S.  C.  Thacher  read  his  introductory  address, 
when  the  Anthology  issues  from  the  new  printers. 
No  other  communications  were  read.  M''  Buckminster 
mentioned,  that  he  had  the  review  of  Callender's 
Century  Sermon  from  D"^  Eliot. 

M""  Emerson,  as  usual,  went  away  early,  on  which 
M'  Dana  remarked,  that  he  was,  like  Mercutio,  always 
killed  in  the  second  act. 

March  24,  1808 

M'  Savage  read  his  article  for  the  Silva,  which  was 
accepted. 

M'  P.  Thacher  read  a  review  of  Lawes  treatise  on 
pleading  from  an  unknown  friend,^  which  was  accepted. 
M""  Shaw  read  a  review  of  Dela  Croix's  thoughts  on 
military  matters  by  John  Lowell,  which  was  accepted. 

*  Benjamin  Moore,   Protestant  Episcopal   Bishop  of  New  York,  1801— 
18 1 8,  and  President  of  Columbia  College,  1801-1811. 
^  Daniel  Webster. 


140  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

M'  Buckminster  read  a  review  of  Callenders  Century 
sermon  by  Dr.  Eliot,  which  was  accepted  &  referred 
to  M'  B.  for  amendment.  Two  pieces  of  Latin  poetry 
were  assigned  to  M"  Buckminster  for  examination. 

Two  pieces  of  English  poetry,  about  the  Java  Sparrow 
and  the  President  of  Bowdoin  College  were  rejected  half 
read.  Something  about  Atheists  was  rejected  half  read. 
In  our  misfortunes  every  Ass  seems  to  kick  at  us. 

M''  Savage  made  a  report  in  these  words :  "In  pur- 
suance of  your  commission  to  settle  all  accounts  with 
Munroe  &  Francis,  I  have  written  to  and  conversed 
with  those  gentlemen. 

They  refuse  to  give  up  the  list  of  subscribers,  as  a 
preliminary,  and  desire  us  to  take  of  them  all  the  num- 
bers of  the  Anthology  from  its  commencement,  and  pay 
them  twelve  hundred  Dollars  in  full  of  all  demands. 

Therefore  I  report,  that,  consistently  with  your 
interests  and  honour,  it  is  impracticable  to  adjust  the 
account  with  the  printers  and  fulfil  your  wishes. 

Jas    Savage." 

Upon  this  report  some  conversation  of  a  most 
desponding  character  ensued  ;  but  it  was  thought  best 
to  do  nothing  in  so  thin  a  meeting,  only  six  mem- 
bers  being  then  present. 

Orderedy  That  the  members  of  this  Society  meet  on 
Monday  evening  next  at  M"  Shaw's  office  at  eight 
oclock  and  that  M*"  Shaw  give  notice  to  every  gentle- 
man, now  absent.     On  motion  of  M.''  Thacher,  Ordered, 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  141 

that  M'  Savage  be  requested  to  report  in  detail  of 
the  several  contracts,  which  have  subsisted  between 
Munroe  &  Francis  and  the  members  of  the  Anthol- 
ogy, and  of  our  existing  relations,  and  likewise  to 
furnish  the  Soc.  with  an  account  of  the  numbers  on 
hand,  and  a  list  of  subscribers,  and  every  other  in- 
formation, which  he  can  procure,  and  which  may  in 
his  opinion  tend  to  enable  the  Society  to  form  a 
just  opinion  of  their  claims  on  the  late  printers  of 
the  work ;  which  duty  the  Secretary  undertook  with 
fear  and  trembling. 

March  28,  1808 

The  Society  met  at  M""  Shaw's  office,  and  the 
Secretary  made  a  very  long  report,  in  which  he  sat- 
isfied the  expectation  of  the  Gentlemen,  who  accepted 
it  and  voted  him  their  thanks. 

On  motion  of  M'  P.  Thacher  after  a  slight 
opposition  by  D""  Kirkland  to  the  last  clause  of  the 
motion,  Voted,  That  a  Committee  be  chosen  to  settle 
all  points  in  dispute  with  Messrs  Munroe  &  Francis 
&  that  the  said  Committee  have  full  authority  to 
submit  the  same  to  arbitration,  or  to  institute  a  suit 
at  law  according  to  their  discretion. 

A  Question  then  arose  upon  the  number  of  which 
that  Com.  should  be  composed.  M"^  Savage  moved 
for  five,  M""  Thacher  for  three.  A  majority  were 
against  the  number  of  five.  M""  Savage  then  pro- 
posed  four,    but   with    no    desire   of  getting   himself 


142  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

upon  that  service.  His  proposition  was  rejected,  and 
the  Committee  of  three,  M'  Emerson,  M*"  Shaw, 
M*"  P.  Thacher  chosen. 

March  31,  1808 

In  the  absence  of  the  Secretary  M*"  Shaw  officiated. 

M""  Buckminster  read  an  article  to  be  inserted  as 
an  Editor's  note  in  answer  to  a  communication  from 
Revd  J.  Hobart,  relating  to  the  review  of  Miller  & 
al  on  Episcopacy  &c.  which  was  unanimously  accepted. 

April  8,  1808 

Yesterday  being  the  day  of  annual  fast,  our  meet- 
ing was  ordered  to  be  holden  this  evening. 

Nothing  was  done  and  hardly  a  sentiment  was 
uttered  but  of  despondence  at  the  prospects  of  the 
Anthology. 

Ordered^  That  a  very  special  meeting  be  holden  on 
Monday  evening  next  at  seven  o'clock  at  M""  Shaw's 
office  to  take  into  consideration  the  state  of  the 
nation. 

April  II,  1808 

Report  of  the  Committee,  Mess"  Emerson,  P. 
Thacher  &  Shaw  was  debated  on,  and  the  terms 
proposed  by  them  were  unanimously  non  accepted. 

After  much  deliberation  on  a  motion  of  M''  Shaw 
that  the  publication  of  the  Anthology  be  suspended 
till  July,  the  motion  was  withdrawn. 

M'    Buckminster   then    moved   that    M    &    F.  late 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  143 

printers,  be  informed,  that  unless  the  list  of  sub- 
scribers be  given  up  to  us,  the  work  shall  cease. 
M'  Shaw  went  immediately  to  give  that  information. 
He  returned  and  informed  us  that  the  printers 
would  not  give  up  the  list.  We  then  debated  again, 
and  it  was  on  motion  of  M'  Savage  ordered  that 
the  Anthology  be  continued. 

Motion  that  a  Committee  be  chosen  to  inform  the 
publick,  that  in  consequence  of  the  list  of  subscrib- 
ers being  out  of  our  power  the  publication  of  the 
Anthology  has  been  delayed  and  therefore  the  sub- 
scribers, who  do  not  receive  the  work  are  desired  to 
send  information  of  their  intention  to  continue  sub- 
scribers. Carried,  though  every  gentleman  declined 
service,  until  M'  Savage  agreed  to  stand. 

M""  Willard  moved  that  the  matter  for  the  An- 
thology be  in  readiness  for  publication  on  Thursday 
after  next,  and  it  was  so  ordered. 

April  14,  1808 
No  business  was  done. 

Jpril  21,  1808 

M'  Willard  read  his  Silva,  which  was  accepted,  as 
was  that  of  M'  Savage.  Ordered^  That  in  future  the 
Society  meet  on  Teusday  evening. 

Tyng's  Reports  were  assigned  to  M""  P.  Thacher. 
Salmagundi  to  M*"  S.  Thacher  to  procure  a  review 
from  M'  Norton. 


144  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Much  disheartening  conversation  followed.  M' 
Shaw  was  ordered  to  bring  his  contract  with  the  new 
printers  on  Tuesday  night. 

Mr.  Willard  was  notified  of  his  duty  to  write  the 
Remarker  for  June,  and  Mr.  M^Kean  who  writes  for 
May  proposed  an  exchange  of  that  labour  with  him. 

Teusday,  April  26 ^  1808 
No  business  was  done. 

'Teusday^  May  3,  1808 

M*"  Savage  read  his  Silva,  which  was  accepted. 

Some  conversation  ensued  upon  the  admission  of 
new  members,  but  the  subject  was  postponed.  On 
motion  of  M"^  Shaw  the  nomination  of  Messrs.  Norton 
and  Everett  was  voted. 

We  had  a  very  pleasing  session,  though  only  five  in 
number,  and  M'  Vice  President  was  the  last  man  to 
depart. 

May  10,  1808 

At  this  meeting,  though  not  a  very  full  one,  we  were 
in  good  spirits,  and  Anthology  stock  looked  up. 

M"'  Willard  sent  by  S.  C.  Thacher  his  article  for 
the  Silva,  which  was  accepted.  A  long  Essay  upon  the 
origin  of  evil,  or  the  like,  was  read,  but  ordered  to  be 
left  with  M'  Shaw. 

After  supper  we  proceeded  to  examine  the  list  of 
works  for  retrospective  reviews,  when  Pietas  &  Gratu- 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  145 

latlo  was  assigned  to  M'  Norton,  Munnis '  Hebrew 
Grammar  to  M^  Willard,  Scripture  Concordance  to 
M'  M'Kean,  Gov'  Phipps  &  D""  Colman's  lives  to 
D'  Eliot,  Morton's  N.  England  Memorial  to  Judge 
Davis,  Boylston  on  Inoculation  to  D'  Gorham,  Claps 
history  of  Yale  College  to  Professor  Silliman  &  M' 
Shaw  ordered  to  request  of  him  a  review.  Agawam 
Cobler  to  M""  Buckminster  for  Hon.  Josiah  Quincy, 
Wise  on  Church  Government  M''  P.  Thacher. 

After  some  observations  upon  the  necessity  of  subsi- 
diaries, Ordered  unanimously  that  M""  Stickney  be 
admitted  a  member  of  this  Society  and  that  M*^ 
Savage  inform  him  of  the  honour. 

The  admission  of  M''  Ritchie  was  desired,  and  by 
those,  who  most  desired  him,  it  was  said,  that  we  knew 
not  whether  he  would  unite  with  us.  Whereupon  D"" 
Kirkland  was  requested  to  converse  with  him  upon  the 
subject. 

May  17,  1808 

We  had  a  very  charming  session,  reviving  the  spirit 
of  the  elder  days  of  Anthology  glory. 

M'  Savage  read  two  articles  for  Silva  by  M' 
Everett.  D""  Kirkland  read  a  review  of  the  Christian 
Monitor  N°  5.  M'  Buckminster  a  review  of  Smith's 
Sermon  on  Baptism.  M""  Savage  then  read  a  tre- 
mendous long  review  of  Webster's  Philosophical 
Grammar,     and     M""    S.     C.    Thacher    an    admirable 

•  Properly,  Monis. 
10 


146  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

long    review    of   the    first    part   of   Marshall's  life  of 
Washington,  all  which  were  accepted. 

M*"  Buckminster  produced  a  communication  from 
Benj.Vaughan  Esq'^  on  the  fall  of  atmospherick.  stones, 
which  was  accepted  unread. 

May  24,  1808 

M""  Buckminster  read  his  retrospective  review  of 
Logan's  translation  of  Cicero  de  senectute. 

Our  meeting  was  this  evening  cheered  by  the  return 
of  our  brother  Tudor,  and  the  accession  of  M^ 
Stickney. 

May  31,  1808 

No  business  of  importance  was  transacted.  A  delect- 
able piece  of  nonsense,  addressed  to  the  new  President 
of  Bowdoin  College  was  read. 

June  7,  1808 

We  had  a  fine  club.  M""  Savage,  Shaw,  Tudor  and 
Stickney  read  their  articles  for  the  Silva.  M""  Shaw 
read  a  very  long  poem  on  the  present  state  of  this 
country  by  a  boy  of  fourteen,  which  pleased  us  all,  but 
on  account  of  some  political  criminations,  it  was  not 
accepted.  Aliens  Election  sermon  was  assigned  to  M' 
President  and  Chaplin's  sermon  to  M""  Buckminster. 

1  Of  Hallowell,  Maine. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  147 

June  14,  1808 

A  communication  from  our  friend  R.  at  Providence 
on  the  modes  of  interment  of  the  dead  was  offered  by 
M""  Shaw,  who  moved  that  it  be  referred  to  himself  & 
the  Sect^  unread,  which  was  agreed  to. 

A  review  of  Corinna  by  M''  Everett  was  read  by  the 
Secretary  and  accepted.  M""  S.  C.  Thacher  read  his 
continuation  of  the  review  of  Marshall's  Washington, 
which  was  accepted. 

The  Embargo,  a  poem,  was  assigned  to  the  Presd't : 
Puffer's  sermon  to  M""  Stickney.  Lathrop's  sermon  to 
M'  Willard,  Horrors  of  St.  Domingo  to  M'  Tudor. 
A  pamphlet  upon  Berkshire  County  to  M""  Savage. 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  session ;  and  a  trio  sat  some 
time  after  twelve. 

M''  Stickney  took  notice  of  his  duty  to  write  the 
Remarket  for  the  month  of  August. 

June  21,  1808 

A  review  of  M*"  Tyng's  Reports  by  J.  Story*  was 
read  and  accepted.  After  supper  the  Revd.  President 
read  his  review  of  the  Embargo,  his  review  of  Aber- 
crombie's  Church  catechism,  and  of  Allen's  Election 
sermon,  which  were  all  accepted,  but  with  some  slight 
expression  of  dislike  to  the  political  complection  of  the 
latter.  M""  Stickney  read  his  review  of  Puffer's  sermon, 
which  was  accepted. 

*  Joseph  Story,  Associate  Justice  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court, 
1811-1845. 


148  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

M"^  Buckminster  mentioned,  that  a  man  in  New-York 
had  published  an  Edition  of  Sallust,  which  he  had  illus- 
trated with  his  own  notes  ;  and  the  book  was  assigned 
for  review  to  M*"  B. 

Segars  failing,  we  were  compelled  to  adjoin  much 
earlier,  than  we  would  have  done. 

June  28,  1808 

We  had  a  very  cheerful  session. 

The  revd.  President  read  his  article  for  the  Silva, 
containing  a  mock  ode  of  Gray.  W""  Tudor  read  his 
review  of  the  Horrors  of  St°  Domingo.  M""  Buckminster 
his  continuation  of  Logan's  translation  of  Cicero  de 
senectute,  all  which  were  accepted. 

D"^  Lathrop's  Sermon  &  Thos.  Thachers  character 
of  D'  West  were  assigned  to  M""  M^'Kean,  also  Thacher's 
sermon  on  fastday.  Greens  works  were  assigned  to 
M*"  President  for  retrospective  review. 

We  had  a  cold  supper,  which  was  very  good. 

July  5,  1808 

The  Secretary  was  absent,  no  reading  was  attended, 
and  no  business,  except  that  on  motion  of  M""  Shaw,  it 
was  Voted,  That  D""  Kirkland  furnish  for  the  Anthology 
a  suitable  notice  of  the  death  of  M^  Ames.^ 

The  club  was  very  full,  ut  sum  inform atus. 

*  Fisher  Ames  died  at  Dedham,  July  4,  1808. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  149 

July  12,  1808 

We  had  a  pleasant  meeting,  though  the  number 
of  members  was  small. 

The  Secf"  read  a  review  from  Judge  Parker  of 
the  trial  of  Baptis  Irvine,  which  was  accepted.  M' 
Buckminster  handed  in  some  pretty  verses  on  Alice 
in  tears,  which  were  accepted.  M""  Stickney  read  an 
article  for  the  Silva  on  riddles,  and  another  on  the 
character  of  Ames. 

July  19,  1808 

M""  M'^Kean  read  his  observation  on  the  found- 
ing of  the  Dudleian  Lecture  to  be  inserted  with 
M'  Stickney's  review  of  Puffer :  M'  M'Kean  read 
his  review  of  Thacher's  Fast  sermon :  M'  Savage  his 
review  of  Parson  Allen's  Historical  sketch  of  Berk- 
shire, all  which  were  accepted. 

July  26,  1808 

M'  Shaw  offered  a  poem  on  the  Wise  men  of 
Gotham,  from  our  friend  Bigelow,  which  was  gladly 
accepted. 

M""  President  and  most  of  the  members  were 
absent,  but  we  were  cheered  with  the  company  of 
our  late  married  friends  Wells  &  Thacher. 

D'  Kirkland  read  a  character  of  Ames,  which  was 
accepted. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage  all  the  orations,  innumer- 


150  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

able  or  numerable,  good,  bad  or  indifFerent,  on  the  last 
Independence,  were  assigned  to  M'  Stickney.  Pel- 
hams  new  system  of  Notation  was  committed  to  M' 
Buckminster. 

August  2,  1808 

At  our  session  this  evening  no  business  was  trans- 
acted, except,  that  M'  Savage  offered  a  piece  for  Silva 
by   M""  Hall,  which  was  referred  to   M'  Shaw. 

M'  President  invited  us  to  dine  on  Thursday  of 
next  week. 

Aug.  9,  1808 

M'  Savage  read  a  review  of  Parish's  Geography 
by  M'  R.  H.  Gardiner,  and  a  review  of  Volney's  Travel 
in  the  U.  S.  by  the  same,  which  was  accepted.  M"" 
Stickney  read  his  article  for  the  Silva. 

M''  Shaw  handed  a  piece  of  Poetry,  which  was  not 
accepted.  M''  Shaw  handed  three  pieces  for  Silva  by 
M'  Everett  which  were  accepted. 

M'  Shaw  moved  that  M""  Everett  be  invited  to 
join  our  Society  which  was  passed. 

A  communication  from  our  friend  R.  was  accepted 
unread. 

M""  President  was  notified  of  his  duty  to  write  the 
Remarker  for  October. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  151 

Aug,  II,  1808 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  dinner  at  M''  President's. 

After  the  ladies  had  retired,  M'  S.  C.  Thacher  read 
his  review  of  Marshall's  Washington,  which  was 
accepted.  M""  Tudor  read  an  article  or  two  for  Silva 
which  were  accepted. 

Aug  16,  1808 

We  had  a  nice  time  at  club,  to  use  M'  Gardiner's 
words. 

M""  Willard  read  his  Remarker,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Everett  was  introduced  and  took  his  seat. 

The  President  read  a  letter  to  the  Remarker, 
N°  34,  which  was  accepted,  and  ordered  to  be  printed 
in  lieu  of  M'  Willard's  pro  hac  vice.  M"  Presdt. 
then  read  his  article  for  the  Silva  on  Americanisms. 
M''  Secretary  read  an  article  for  the  Silva  from  the 
same  person,  who  offered  one  on  August  1^  which 
was   not   accepted. 

August  23,  1808 

The  club  was  very  thinly  attended,  only  five  mem- 
bers present. 

M""  Stickney  read  part  of  his  review  of  the  Orations 
on  Independence. 

August  30,  1808 
We  had  a  pleasant  time  enough,  though  the  number 
was  small,  and  no  business  was  done. 


152  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Sept.  6,  1808 

In  the  deluge  of  rain,  we  had  a  very  pleasant  session. 

M""  Shaw  ofFerred  a  communication,  purporting  to  be 
a  comparison  of  Lycurgus  and  M"^  Jefferson,  which 
was  not  read  one  third  through,  before  it  was  rejected, 
as  inconsistent  with  our  publication.  M""  M'^Kean 
looking  over  it  afterwards,  saw  some  reflections  in  it, 
which  need  not  that  sentence  to  be  passed  on  them  on 
account  of  their  political  tendency.  It  was  therefore 
begun  again  by  the  Sect^  who  read  half  of  it,  when  the 
first  determination  was  acquiesced  in. 

The  Rev''  President  read  a  most  sublime  ode  in  imi- 
tation of  Gray,  which  was  accepted  for  Silva.  Richard- 
son's Oration  was  assigned  to  M""  Savage. 

The  Sect^  and  President  outsmoked  midnight. 

Sept  13,  1808 

We  had  a  pleasant  session,  though  the  seats  were  not 
all  full. 

The  Secretary  read  M'  Tudor's  observations  on 
Corinna,  which  were  accepted.  M'  Buckminster  read 
a  letter  from Williams  at  London,  containing  stric- 
tures on  the  exhibition  at  Somerset  House,  which  was 
accepted.  M""  Everett  read  his  article  for  the  Silva, 
which  was  accepted.  M'  Stickney,  when  called  on  for 
his,  answered,  he  had  lost  it.  M""  Savage  read  a  re- 
view of  Lathrop's  fast  sermon  by  M*"  Lincoln,  which 
was   accepted. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  153 

A  pamphlet  on  evangelical  preaching  was  assigned  to 
M'  Buckminster.  The  history  of  Miranda's  Expe- 
dition, printed  at  New- York,  and  that,  expected  to 
be  published  next  week  in  this  town  by  Mr.  Beegs  ^ 
were  both  assigned  to  Tudor. 

Sep''  20,  1808 

We  had  a  full  club  in  spite  of  the  severity  of  the 
Equinoctial  storm. 

The  Secretary  read  his  review  of  Richardson's  ora- 
tion, which  was  accepted.  M""  Tudor  read  three  short 
articles  for  Silva,  which  were  accepted.  M""  Buck- 
minster read  his  review  of  hints  on  Evangelical 
preaching,  also  his  letter  to  the  author  of  the  last 
Remarker,  which  were  accepted.  On  this  last  sub- 
ject we  had  much  pleasant  talk.  M""  Everett  read  a 
charming  long  review  of  Modern  Chivalry  by  Judge 
Breckenridge,   which   was   accepted. 

There  appeared  a  general  unwillingness  to  go  home. 
Tudor  alone  went  away  at  eleven.  The  rest  all  waited 
the  President's  canonical  hour  and  he  himself  (quan- 
tum mutatus  ab  ipso)  was  the  first  man  to  rise.  The 
names  of  the  members,  who  waited  till  midnight  should 
sanction  their  departure  were  the  Rev**  President,  Rev** 
M^  Buckminster,  M'  Professor  Willard,  M""  E.  T. 
Dana,  M'  S.  C.  Thacher,  M""  Stickney,  M'  Everett 
&  the  Secretary. 

1  Said  to  have  been  written  by  James  Biggs. 


154  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Sept.  27,  1808 

The  places  were  well  filled  at  club  this  evening. 

M"^  Shaw  read  a  letter  from  Portsmouth,  containing 
the  hymn  of  Orpheus  on  Deity  and  some  other  pieces, 
which  were  accepted.  M""  Dana  read  his  review  of 
Hopkinson's  works,  in  which  he  was  frequently  in- 
terrupted by  the  laughter  of  the  members.  It  was 
accepted.  M'  Dana  having  not  brought  forth  any- 
thing for  nearly  two  ^  years,  we  fear  he  has  now 
exhausted  all  his  vigor  and  will  conceive  no  more. 

Sept.  29,  1808 

The  club  enjoyed  a  fine  dinner  at  M'  Emerson's, 
to  which  the  vice  President  invited  M''  Norton  who 
was  present. 

Rather  late  in  the  afternoon  the  Sect^  began  to  read 
a  long  letter  by  M''  Norton,  being  an  examination  of 
the  system  of  Hartley,  against  which  the  President 
loudly  exclaimed,  and  the  other  members  appearing 
indisposed  for  such  an  exercise,  it  was  adjourned.  M' 
President  said  no  business  ought  to  be  done.  How- 
ever much  conversation  ensued  on  the  topick  of  the 
printer's  defalcation,  and  of  a  place  of  meeting.  Every 
variety  of  plan  was  suggested  to  insure  economy.  At 
last  M''  Stickney  was  deputed  to  converse  with  M"" 
Cooper  about  it  and  ordered  to  report  at  the  next 
meeting. 

The  publication  of  the  Agricultural  Society  of  Penn- 

1  Opposite  "two"  the  word  "Mistake"  appears  in  the  margin  of  the 
original. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  155 

sylvanla  was  on  motion  of  M''  Shaw  assigned  to  M'' 
Baldwin. 

An  Oration  on  Musick  was  assigned  to  M'  Shaw ! ! ! 

A  motion  was  made  for  the  admission  of  M""  Nor- 
ton, and  on  enquiry  by  M"^  Shaw,  whether  he  was 
on  nomination,  and  answer  by  the  Secretary,  that  he 
was  not,  the  Society  ordered  his  name  to  be  inserted. 

Oct.  4,  1808 

We  had  a  pleasant  evening,  though  the  President, 
Vice  President  and  several  other  members  were  absent. 

M''  Stickney  made  a  favorable  report  about  Cooper, 
which  was  however  referred  to  a  fuller  meeting. 

M""  Savage  introduced  a  proposition  for  fining  those 
members,  who  do  not  afford  a  due  contribution  to  the 
pages  of  the  Anthology ;  which  was  also  referred. 

Oct.  7,  1808 

The  club  enjoyed  an  admirable  dinner  at  M'  Buck- 
minster's,  which  may  be  called  the  anniversary  dinner. 

The  President  was  very  unwilling  to  attend  to  busi- 
ness, &  the  choice  of  officers  was  adjourned  to  the  next 
meeting. 

After  dinner  we  considered  the  expediency  of  re- 
moving our  sessions  to  Cooper's  and  it  was  voted, 
that  the  next  meeting  be  at  his  house. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  make  out  a  list  of  acting 
members  for  M'  Cooper,  that  each  member  may  treat 
the  club  in  alphabetical  order. 


156  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

This  was  done,  &  the  number  found  to  be  sixteen. 
Ordered,  That  M'  Buckminster,  M^  Savage  &  M'  Stick- 
ney  be  a  committee  to  examine  the  Treasurer's  accounts. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage,  Resolved,  That  the  Print- 
ers of  the  Anthology  be  informed,  that,  whereas  five 
hundred  Dollars  are  now  due  to  us,  we  shall  negotiate 
with  other  persons  for  printing  the  Anthology  for  1809, 
unless  they  pay  us  two  hundred  &  fifty  Dollars  within 
twenty  days. 

Oct.  II,  1808 

We  met  once  more  at  M*"  Coopers  in  School  Street, 
and  had  a  very  fine  supper. 

M""  Stickney  read  a  short  article  for  an  introduction 
to  an  original  letter  of  Hume,  extracted  from  the  Liter- 
ary Panorama  ^  for  Silva. 

The  Secty.  read  a  communication  from  M"^  Tudor, 
purporting  to  be  a  Memoir  by  a  French  savant  on  the 
consumption  of  cranberry  sauce  by  the  Americans, 
which  was  accepted. 

Burr's  Trial  was  assigned  to  M""  Thacher,  &  Mar- 
mion  to  M""  Everett. 

Much  talk  followed  upon  assigning  M'  Emerson's 
late  collection  of  hymns,  but  nothing  was  done. 

Some  conversation  was  had  at  the  supper  table  about 
introducing  M'  Alston^  to  the  club,  but  no  vote  was 
passed. 

»  Literary  Panorama;  a  review,  register,  and  magazine.  London, 
1807-15.      15  V. 

a  Washington  AUston. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  157 

M'  Dana  was  not  present,  and  we  were  informed, 
to  our  universal  regret,  that  he  could  not  come  among 
us  any  more  at  present. 

M""  Buckminster's  bill  was  I7.84. 

Four  members  sat  till  after  twelve. 

Oct.  18,  1808 

The  club  was  very  well  attended,  the  last  supper 
having  diffused  its  scent  widely. 

M"^  Everett  read  three  or  four  good  articles  for 
Silva,  which  were  accepted ;  all  the  other  members 
being  negligent,  that  department  will  be  inferior  to 
its  usual  merit. 

After  supper  we  proceeded  to  a  choice  of  officers,  so 
daringly  forgotten  last  year. 

The  Rev''  M''  Gardiner  was  chosen  President, 
Rev**  M""  Emerson,  Vice  President,  M""  Savage, 
Secretary  &  M''  Shaw,  Treasurer,  in  spite  of  their  late 
usurpation. 

M"^  Tudor  introduced  a  topick  of  conversation, 
which  engaged  us  all,  the  subject  of  adding  to  the 
funds  of  Harvard  University  for  the  support  of  an- 
other professor  of  divinity  and  several  scholarships. 
After  a  long  debate,  on  motion  of  M*^  Tudor,  Re- 
solved, That  the  Rev"*  President,  Rev**  M""  Buck- 
minster  &  D'  Kirkland  be  a  committee  to  draw  up 
&  adopt  some  plan  for  procuring  subscriptions  in  this 
town. 


158  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

The    Secretary    has    informed   M'   Emerson   of  his 
duty  to  write  the   Remarker  for  December. 
M""  Emerson's  bill  this  evening  was  |8.oo. 

Oct.  25,  1808 

The  club  was  uncommonly  full,  fourteen  members 
having  appeared  in  the  course  of  the  evening. 

M"'  Tudor  read  three  short  articles  for  Silva,  which 
were  accepted.  M""  Everett  read  a  Latin  Sapphick 
ode  from  our  friend  Bigelow,  which  was  accepted,  and 
referred  to  the  President  for  examination.  M''  Everett 
then  read  a  review  of  Marmion,  which  was  very  ac- 
ceptable. 

M""  Emerson  offered  an  unpublished  letter  of  D*" 
Franklin  to  a  clergyman  in  New  Jersey,  written  in 
1753,  which  was  not  favourably  received.  A  long 
conversation  followed  on  the  subject.  The  letter 
contained  nothing  remarkable,  except  some  sneers  at 
religion  under  cover  of  praise  of  good  works,  and 
seemed  fully  to  shew  the  writer's  hostility  to  the 
Christian  religion,  and  even  afforded  presumption  of 
Atheism  against  him.  To  admit  it  would  draw  much 
censure  on  us  and  add  very  little  to  the  amusement  of 
any  reader.  To  try  the  question  it  was  moved,  that  it 
be  accepted,  and  two  hands  were  raised  in  its  favour,  the 
rest  voted  against  it.  On  motion  of  M*"  Buckminster  % 
the  thanks  of  the  Society  were  voted  to  M"'  Emerson 
for  his  exertions  in  procuring  us  the  letter. 

M'    President   read  an  answer  to  the  last  letter  of 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  159 

M""  Buckmlnster  on  the  controversy  about  Gray,  which 
was  very  good.  M''  Wlllard  moved  its  acceptance,  M' 
Buckminster  objected  to  the  second  sentence  ;  but  before 
any  vote  taken  on  the  subject  the  President  tore  it  up 
with  much  good  humour,  saying,  it  was  all  stuff,  which 
he  had  written  merely  to  satisfy  M""  B.  on  one  point. 

The  President  threatened  M''  Everett  with  an 
attack  on  Blair's  Grave.  Shattucks  Dissertations  were 
assigned  to  D'  Gorham,  and  the  political  view  of 
New-Orleans  to   M""  Savage. 

M""  Everett's  bill  was  8.97. 

Nov.  I,  1808 

We  had  a  charming  supper,  pretty  well  attended,  and 
uninterrupted  by  business. 
The  President's  bill  was 

Nov  8,  1808 

We  found  a  good  supper,  and  the  meeting  was  suffi- 
ciently full. 

M""  Tudor  read  his  review  of  the  two  works  on 
the  expedition  of  Miranda,  which  were  accepted.  M"' 
Buckminster  read  a  long  communication  on  the  right 
of  Marvell  to  some  pieces,  usually  ascribed  to  Addison, 
which  was  accepted,  subject  to  his  revision.  M""  Stick- 
ney  read  a  short  article  about  breakfast  and  dinner  for 
Silva,  which  was  accepted. 

D*"    Dwight's    Sermon    at    the    consecration    of   the 


i6o  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Jesuit's  College^  at  Andover,  with  the  history  of  the 
events  and  the  creed  of  the  initiated  were  assigned 
to  M""  Buckminster.  Boaden's  review  of  D""  Millers 
management  of  the  Episcopal  controversy  in  New- 
York  and  Bishop  Skinner's  sermon  were  assigned  to 
the  President,  as  was  also  Travels  in  Spain.  Ashe's 
Travels  in  America  were  assigned  to  M"^  Tudor,  and 
Crabbs  Poems  to  M""  Everett. 

M"^  Savage  stated  to  the  club  his  conversation  with 
Messrs.  Snelling  &  Simons  about  their  debt  to  us. 

The  general  subject  of  engaging  for  publishing  the 
Anth.  for  the  next  year  was  committed  to  Messrs. 
Shaw,  Savage  &  Everett;  and,  as  M""  Shaw  mentioned 
that  Etheridge  &  Bliss  would  probably  make  us  a  very 
liberal  offer,  if  they  might  depend  on  the  continuance 
of  the  Anth.  for  three  years,  on  motion  of  M*"  Tudor, 
it  was  voted,  that  the  Committee  have  power  to  pledge 
the  Society  for  their  literary  labours  during  that  term. 

D""  Gorhams  bill  was  ^9,00. 

Nov.  15,  1808 

In  a  very  heavy  rain  we  had  nine  members  present. 

M""  Savage  read  a  notice  of  the  American  Edition 
of  Blackstone's  Commentaries,  which  was  accepted. 
The  President  read  an  article  on  Calvin  for  Silva  and 
a  review  of  Boaden  on  Episcopacy,  which  were  ac- 
cepted. M''  Willard  read  his  article  for  Silva,  which 
was  accepted.     A  review  of  The  Wild  Irish  Boy  and 

1  The  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  i6i 

two  articles  for  Sllva  were  received  from  an  unknown 
correspondent,  probably  the  Portsmouth  friend/  who 
favoured  us  last  month,  which  were  accepted. 

M""  Buckminster  gave  notice,  that  he  must  decline  the 
honour  of  reviewing  D'  Dwight's  Sermon  and  the  his- 
tory of  the  Andover  Institution,  whereupon  it  was 
assigned  to  M""  Thacher.  M"  Buckminster  read  an 
article  for  Silva,  Cui  bono,  and  remarks  on  the  com- 
munication upon  Marvell  which  were  both  accepted. 
M""  Shaw  read  a  eulogy  on  Fenelon  clear  through, 
though  often  interrupted  by  the  Club.  It  was  from 
an  unknown  (and  unknowing)  correspondent,  and  was 
referred  to  M'  Shaw. 

An  account  of  the  discovery  of  a  dead  body  in  a 
high  State  of  preservation  after  being  inhumed  more 
than  eighty  years  under  the  North  Church  was  read  by 
M""  Shaw  &  accepted. 

The  Committee  of  publication  were  not  ready  to 
report. 

M^  Shaw's  bill  was  I8.85. 

Nov.  22,  1808 

The  funds  of  the  Anthology  may  be  low,  but  the 
literary  income  is  increasing  much. 

We  had  a  very  full  club,  and  first  was  read  Pietas  & 
Gratulatio  for  the  Retrospective  Review  from  M' 
Norton,  which  the  Society,  though  much  pleased  with 

*  Nathanid  Appleton  Haven,  of  Portsmouth,  later  elected  a  correspond- 
ing member  of  the  Anthology  Society. 

XX 


i62  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

the  gentleman's  labours  would  not  accept  on  account  of 
its  brevity,  and  it  was  recommitted. 

Next  was  read  a  burlesque  of  an  Englishman's 
Journal,  as  a  counterpart  to  the  French  Memoir  in  our 
last,  which  was  accepted,  and  referred  to  M""  Tudor, 
the  author,  for  enlargement. 

Next  was  read  a  long  account  of  the  establishment 
of  the  Natural  History  Professorship  and  a  stimulus  to 
the  publick  on  that  subject  by  M""  Jno.  Lowell,  which 
for  some  verbal  inaccuracy  was  referred  to  D""  Kirkland. 

Next  was  offered  by  M""  Buckminster  a  review  from 
M''  Parkman^  of  the  Lectures  of  D""  Tappan  on  Jewish 
Antiquities,  which  was  accepted,  and  referred  to  M''  B. 

Next  was  read  by  the  President  a  communication 
from  M'  Sanger,  stating,  how  the  club  were  indebted 
to  him  in  the  just  sum  of  thirty  three  Dollars  and 
thirty  four  cents,  which  was  accepted  and  referred  to 
the  Treasurer.  A  talk  was  had  about  an  assessment, 
but  it  was  thought  more  proper  to  let  M""  Shaw  pay  it. 

Next  was  read  in  many,  scilicet  thirteen,  pages  an 
examination  of  the  Andover  business  by  M""  S.  C. 
Thacher,  and  a  vote  of  profound  secrecy  passed  by 
the  Club.     This  was  accepted  with  acclamation. 

Next  was  read  for  the  Retrospective  Review  by  M' 
McKean  an  account^  of  a  theological  controversy   in 

1  The  Rev.  Francis  Parkman,  father  of  the  historian. 

2  It  seems  likely  that  this  account  was  suggested  by  Bowden's  letters 
on  "  The  Apostolick  Origin  of  Episcopacy,"  a  review  of  which  ap- 
peared in  the  December  (1808)  number  of  The  Monthly  Anthology  and 
Boston  Revie'W,  with  a  continuation  in  the  January  and  February  (1809) 
numbers. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  163 

old  times  about  episcopacy  and  the  like  of  that,  which 
was  accepted,  and  on  motion  of  M^  Savage  M' 
M'^K.  was  desired  to  continue  the  subject  for  the  next 
number. 

Next  was  read  a  long  review  in  the  most  poignant 
style  of  humour  of  Ashe's  Travels  in  America  by  M' 
Tudor,  which  met  with  universal  grinning  approbation. 

Next  was  read  by  the  President  at  the  request  of 
M''  Savage  a  Remarker,  which  he  had  written  for  the 
turn  of  the  said  Savage,  which  was  accepted. 

Next  was  read  by  M""  Buckminster  a  communica- 
tion from  M""  Pelham  on  the  subject  of  his  system  of 
notation,  which  was  committed  to  M""  B. 

Next  was  read  a  Report  in  these  words. 

*♦  The  Committee  having  examined  the  books  of  the  Treasurer  ask 
leave  to  report, 

that  they  find  he  charges  himself  with  fifteen  assessments 

at  10  Dolls 150 

and  makes  the  Soc.  Dr.  to  him 479 

Balance     ....      329 
J.  S.  Buckminster 

JA  Savage 
John  Stickney 
N.  B. 
The  Books  are  well  kept,  vouchers  accurate." 

No  order  was  made  on  this  Report. 
Fox's    History    was   assigned   to   the    President  for 
Review. 

D^  Kirkland's  bill  was  I9.98. 


i64  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Nov.  29,  1808 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  session. 

M'  Shaw,  chairman  of  the  Committee  for  contract- 
ing for  the  publication  of  the  Anthology,  read  a  bond, 
signed  by  Hastings,  Etheridge  &  Bliss  for  the  payment 
of  five  hundred  Dollars  per  annum  for  three  years  &c. 
This  report  gave  general  satisfaction,  but  no  thanks 
were  voted  to  the  Com. 

Next  M'  Savage  stated  that  he  had  been  applied  to 
by  Hastings,  Etheridge  &  Bliss  to  furnish  them  a  Pro- 
spectus, which  he  was  unable  technically  to  write  and 
therefore  he  had  written  an  address  to  the  publick,  pur- 
porting to  be  an  address  of  the  Editors.  This  was  read 
and  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M""  Shaw  M''  Buckminster  was  re- 
quested to  write  a  preface  to  the  next  Volume  of  the 
Anth. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage,  it  was  voted,  that  M' 
Willard  be  requested  to  republish  in  the  Anth.  his 
Essays  on  Translations  of  the  Roman  classicks  from 
the  Lit.  Mis.^  with  such  alterations,  as  to  him  may 
seem  good. 

A  review  of  the  pamphlet  on  Rhode  Island  Coal 
was  read  by  M""  Shaw  and  on  motion  of  M''  Savage 
assigned  to  D""  Gorham.  A  review  of  Rees's  Cyclo- 
paedia from  our  friend  Jno.  Pickering  was  read  and 
accepted. 

1  'the  Literary  Miscellany.  A  periodical  published  quarterly  by  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Harvard,  1 805-1 806,  and  then  discontinued. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  165 

M'  Savage's  bill  was  $8.81. 

On  motion  of  the  Sect^  memoirs  of  an  American 
Navy  Officer  were  assigned  to  M""  Everett,  as  was 
Pierce's  Hypochondriack  ^  Oration.  Memoirs  of  the 
Northern  Kingdom  to  M'  Tudor.  Ainsworth's  Diet. 
Am.  Ed.  to  S.  C.  Thacher.  Two  fanatical  Sandwich 
Sermons  to  the  President  and  a  history  of  a  Camp 
Meeting  to  D'  Kirkland. 

Dec.  6,  1808 

The  club  was  well  enough  attended,  twelve  members 
appearing  in  the  course  of  the  evening,  though  we  had 
but  seven  at  the  supper  table. 

M""  Tudor  read  three  articles  for  Silva,  which  were 
accepted.  The  President  read  an  article  for  Silva 
about  Gray,  and  M""  Stickney  one  on  elegiack  poetry, 
which  were  accepted.  M''  Buckminster  opened  a  roll 
of  voluminous  manuscript,  all  about  Notation  from 
M*"  Pelham,  of  which  we  patiently  heard  two  pages, 
that  were  well  written.  The  whole  was  referred  to 
M'  B. 

M*"  Savage  moved,  that  in  future  manuscripts  before 
publication  should  be  lodged  with  him,  rather  than  the 
Treasurer,  which  M''  Shaw  opposed,  saying  it  would 
render  his  office  a  mere  sinecure.  However  in  a  few 
minutes  he  gave  up  his  objection  and  the  order  was 
passed. 

M'  Savage  then  moved,  that  M""  Everett  be  added 

1  Properly  Hycarpedian.  This  may  be  one  of  Mr.  Savage's  humorous 
touches. 


i66  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

to  the  Superintending  Committee,  which  was  ordered 
accordingly. 

M""  Shaw's  bill  was  ^io.i2. 

Dec.  13,  1808 

We  had  a  full  meeting. 

M""  Stickney  read  his  Remarker  on  political  big- 
otry, which  was  accepted,  though  we  were  almost  out 
of  breath  in  hearing  some  of  his  long  sentences. 
Custis's  Oration  on  Manufactures  was  assigned  to 
M''  Willard  for  M'  Baldwin.  Two  French  books, 
America  Delivered  &  Robin's  Travels  in  Louisiana 
were  assigned  for  Retrospective  Review  to  M'  Tudor. 

M'  Tudor  read  his  Review  of  the  Memoir  of  the 
Northern  Kingdom,  which  was  accepted.  The  history 
of  the  Theological  establishment  at  Andover  with  the 
sermon  of  D'  Dwight  were  assigned  to  M'  Savage  for 
a  Review  in  a  literary  point  of  view,  as  M'  Shaw  says. 
Thompson's  Translation  of  the  Bible  was  assigned 
to  M'  Buckminster. 

M'  President  invited  the  club  to  his  house  on  the 
day  after  Christmas,  that  holiday  falling  on  Sunday, 
dinner  on  table  at  four.  He  also  requested  M"" 
Professor  Willard  to  invite  our  old  friend  Dana. 

M'  Stickney 's  bill  was  $10.28. 

Dec.  20,  1808 
We  had  a  pleasant  time  enough. 
M""  Shaw  stated,  that  M'  Lowell  in  communicating 
his  letter  N°  23  had  informed  him,  that  was  the  last, 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  167 

and  M''  S  wished  the  Soc.  to  pass  some  vote,  request- 
ing M'  L.  to  continue  his  favours  and  to  thank  M' 
L.  for  his  past  contributions.  M''  Shaw  was  nomi- 
nated for  the  service,  but  he  declined  and  named  M' 
Buckminster,  who  was  ordered  to  express  the  senti- 
ments of  the  Gentlemen  to  M"^  L.  On  motion  of 
M'  Shaw  M""  Savage  &  M'  Everett  were  requested 
to  make  &  prepare  an  Index  for  the  Anth.  of  this 
current  year  nearly  ended.  M""  Everett  read  a  review 
of  Crabbe's  Poems,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M''  Savage,  M""  F.  Blake's  pamphlet 
Report  of  the  trial  of  the  Constitutionality  of  the 
Embargo  with  the  Salem  Report  of  the  same  now  in 
the  press  were  assigned  to  him  to  procure  a  review 
from  Judge  Parker. 

Some  conversation  ensued  on  procuring  a  Review 
of  Hon.  F.  Ames's  works  to  be  published  soon.  M' 
Savage  named  M^  Dutton  ^  as  able  and  probably  will- 
ing to  do  it ;  M'  M'^Kean  named  J.  Pickering  of 
Salem ;  some  members  asked,  why  we  need  go  out 
of  the  club,  to  which  the  President  answered,  as  we 
never  review  one  another's  works,  and  as  D*^  Kirkland 
is  to  write  the  Life  of  Ames  to  be  prefixed  to  the 
Volume,  it  seemed  more  consonant  to  rule  to  request  a 
review  of  a  stranger.  On  motion  of  M^  M'^Kean 
M""  Shaw  was  desired  to  ask  a  review  from  F.  D. 
Channing  Esqr.^ 

1  Warren  Dutton,  of  Boston,  lawyer. 

^  Francis  Dana  Channing,   of  Boston,   a  member  of  the    Suffolk    Bar. 
He  wrote  for  The  Monthly  Anthology  under  various  pseudonyms. 


i68  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

M""  M^Kean  introduced  a  new  topick  of  conversa- 
tion, which  occasioned  much  sport.  He  wished  a  new 
department  to  be  created  in  the  Anth.  for  Mathemat- 
ical queries  and  solutions.  It  was  ordered,  that  M"^  M"- 
Kean  have  the  control  of  this  department. 

M""  P.  Thacher's  bill  was  ^9.12. 

Dec.  27,  1808 

We  had  not  a  very  full  meeting  this  evening,  in  con- 
sequence, perhaps,  of  so  many  gentlemen  having  seen 
each  other  at  the  Presidents  dinner  table  yesterday. 

M*"  Savage  read  a  piece  in  defence  of  Gray  from  our 
friend  R.  of  Providence,  which  was  observed  to  contain 
some  hypercriticism,  but  was  accepted.  M*"  Savage 
then  read  a  Review  of  D""  Pearson's  Historick  Sketch 
&c.  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Tudor  mentioned  that  he  should  like  to  review 
the  address  of  W.  P.  Custis,  which  was  some  time 
since  assigned  to  M''  Baldwin.  M""  Savage  observed 
that  M""  Baldwin  had  said  he  could  not  review  it,  and 
moved,  that  it  be  assigned  to  M''  Tudor,  which  was 
ordered.  M""  Buckminster  said,  he  had  communicated 
to  M""  Lowell  the  vote  of  the  Soc.  and  that  M'  L. 
had  expressed  his  gratification  at  the  kindness  of  the 
Gentlemen,  &  would  continue  his  labours. 

We  had  a  long  conversation  on  Spanish  affairs,  and 
the  general  impression  was  unfavourable,  and  every 
face  gathered  paleness. 

M^  S.  C.  Thacher's  bill  was  I8.70. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  169 

Jan^  3,  1809 

We  had  not  a  very  full  club  this  evening. 

M'  Willard  read  the  Introduction  of  his  Essay 
on  translations  from  the  Roman  classicks,  which  was 
accepted. 

M''  Tudor  read  first  a  communication  for  the  Co- 
lumbian Centinel  in  answer  to  Democritus  junior,  signed 
Diogenes,  which  was  heard  with  much  pleasure.  He 
then  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  Academics,  which 
was  accepted.  He  then  read  a  charming  long  Re- 
view of  Custis's  Address,  which  was  accepted. 

M''  President  read  an  article  for  Silva,  criticising  on 
Blair's  Grave,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read  a 
notice  of  Saul,  which   was  accepted. 

Andrew's  Sermon  was  assigned  to  M^  Savage  for 
M''  Lincoln.  The  Christian  Monitor  No  1^  ^  G  was 
assigned  to  M'  Emerson.  The  Lawyer,  a  novel,  was 
assigned  to  M""  Tudor. 

The  subject  of  printing  the  Anthology  in  a  single 
column  on  each  page  was  matter  of  long  conversation. 
On  motion  of  M''  Savage,  seconded  after  long  hesita- 
tion by  M""  Willard,  the  question  was  put,  that  the 
Anth.  be  printed  in  one  column,  there  were  two  only 
In  favour,  and  two  against.  On  further  discussion,  M' 
Buckminster  withdrew  his  opposition,  and  the  two 
former  gentlemen  voting  in  favour  of  the  motion  it 
was  carried,  two  to  one,  M""  Shaw  dissenting  and  grow- 
ing gloomy   at    the   change.     Several    gentlemen    con- 


170  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

sidered  themselves  not  sufficiently  informed  on  the 
subject  to  vote  for  either  side. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage,  M'  Stickney  was  chosen 
to  superintend  the  monthly  Catalogue. 

M--  Tudor's  bill  was  $S.SS- 

D'  Lathrop's  Sermon  &  M'  Channing's  were  as- 
signed to   M'  M'Kean. 

Jan^  lo,   1809 

"We  had  a  charming  session,  and  the  fullest  ever 
known,  fifteen  members  being  present  at  one  time. 

M''  Willard  read  his  article  for  Silva  on  Alphabets, 
which  was  accepted.  M""  Savage  read  an  article  of 
translation  from  the  Italian,  which  was  accepted,  and 
referred  to  M""  Everett.  M""  Shaw  read  a  long  article 
on  natural  history  upon  the  whales,  which  was  ac- 
cepted. M""  S.  C.  Thacher  read  a  review  from  M'  Fr. 
Parkman  of  Channing's  Sermon,  which  was  accepted. 
A  translation  by  our  friend  Bigelow  of  Catullus 
"  Funus  Passeris  "  ^  was  accepted,  and  ordered  for  Silva. 

M""  Stickney  read  an  article  for  Silva,  in  which  the 
abuse  of  M^Fingal  was  objected  to  by  D'  Kirkland, 
M''  Savag6  and  several  other  members.  M""  Stickney 
moved  the  communication,  though  written  by  himself, 
be  rejected,  which  was  seconded  by  M''  Shaw ;  but  on 
motion  of  M""  Savage  it  was  referred  to  M'  Stickney 
&  M"-  S.  C.  Thacher. 

»  Catullus,  poem  3;  the  familiar  lament  for  Lesbia's  Sparrow,  beginning 
**  Lugete,  O  Veneres  Cupidinesque. " 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  171 

M"  R.  H.  Gardiner,  who  took  his  seat  for  the 
first  time,  since  last  March,  read  his  Remarker,  which 
was  accepted. 

M""  Savage  introduced  again  the  subject  of  fining 
members  for  deficiency  of  contribution  to  the  Anth. 
which  produced  a  long  and  very  terrible  discussion. 
He  first  exhibited  a  detailed  statement  of  the  respec- 
tive contributions  of  each  member,  showing  that  M"" 
P.  Thacher,  M^  Shaw,  M'  B.  Welles,  M"^  Wm. 
Wells  had  not  written  a  single  paragraph  in  the 
Anth.  for  the  whole  of  the  last  year ;  that  M'  Presi- 
dent, M-"  Buckminster,  M""  S.  C.  Thacher,  M'  Savage, 
D^  Kirkland,  M--  Tudor,  M^  Stickney  &  M'  Everett 
had  liberally  bestowed  their  labours,  and  the  rest  had 
done  little. 

He  then  laid  on  the  table  a  motion,  as  follows : 

"  Whereas  the  members  of  this  Society  enjoy  the 
high  privilege  of  being  subscribers  to  the  Boston 
Athenaeum,  free  of  expence,  in  consideration  of  their 
labours  in  the  Monthly  Anthology,  &  whereas  the 
interests  of  literature  require  that  publication  to  be 
well  supported, 

Voted^  That  every  member  of  this  Society  furnish 
two  pages  of  his  own  composition  for  the  Anth.  of 
each  month  ;  &  that  for  every  deficiency  of  one  page 
he  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  one  Dollar. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  give  information  of  this 
resolution  to  every  member  of  the  Soc,  &  keep  a  regu- 
lar account  of  every  member's  contribution  to  the  pages 


172  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

of  the  publication,  &  assess  the  fine  above  directed  once 
a  quarter,  provided  that  the  surplus  contribution  of  any 
member  shall  be  passed  to  his  credit  from  one  month  to 
another,  and  provided  that  from  the  Secretary's  assess- 
ment an  appeal  be  allowed  to  the  club." 

M'  Shaw  immediately,  to  prevent  discussion,  moved 
that  it  be  referred  to  the  next  meeting.  Nobody  sec- 
onding this  motion,  the  debate  proceeded.  At  first 
most  of  the  gentlemen  approved  of  the  principle ;  but 
disliked  the  rates  of  two  pages  per  month,  and  the 
fine  of  a  dollar  per  page.  To  meet  their  wishes  M"" 
Savage  agreed  to  offer  a  naked  resolution  with  blanks 
in  those  places. 

It  was  then  observed  by  M'  W""  Wells,  that  he 
had  entered  the  Soc.  on  the  express  condition  of  not 
being  obliged  to  write.  M'  Savage  agreed  to  make  an 
exception  in  favour  of  M""  Wells  and  of  M"^  Shaw. 

After  a  long  debate,  the  question  was  taken  on 
filling  the  blank  first  in  the  resolution  with  "  two," 
so  that  each  member  should  be  holden  to  furnish 
two  pages  per  month.  It  was  carried  in  the  negative 
by  a  small  majority.  M""  Shaw  renewed  his  motion 
for  a  postponement,  which  was  seconded  and  lost. 
The  blank  was  filled  with  one  and  a  half,  so  that 
each  member  should  be  obliged  to  furnish  one  and 
a  half  page  per  month. 

M""  Shaw  and  M""  Wells  strongly  disliking  the  ex- 
ception expressly  in  their  favour,  D""  Kirkland  moved, 
that  the  resolution  be  so  modified,  as  that,  every  mem- 


w^j.  jL 


ClUJ 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  173 

ber  should  be  requested  to  pledge  himself  to  furnish 
&c.     This  was  generally  agreed  to. 

On  the  question  of  filling  the  second  blank,  impos- 
ing a  fine,  M*"  Buckminster  moved,  that  it  be  not 
filled,  which  was  seconded  by  M""  Shaw.  By  this 
time  some  members  apprehended,  that  considerable 
disquiet  was  already  excited  in  the  minds  of  some, 
and  would  be  increased,  and  several,  who  at  first  had 
favoured  the  plan,  disagreeing  to  the  completion,  it 
was  moved,  seconded  and  passed,  that  the  whole  sub- 
ject be  referred  to  a  Committee.  M''  Buckminster, 
M^  S.  C.  Thacher  &  D^  Kirkland  were  chosen,  M^ 
Savage  refusing  to  serve.  I  told  you  so,  said  M' 
Shaw,  at  the  beginning  of  the  business.  Whereupon 
it  was  moved,  seconded,  and  passed  that  M'^  Shaw 
is  the  wisest  man  in  the  club. 

After  this  long  and  warm  debate,  M""  Buckmin- 
ster read  his  Address  for  the  sixth  volume  of  the 
Anth.  which  was  accepted. 

It  was  wished,  that  D""  Gorham  would  furnish  a 
monthly  statement  of  disease,  and  M""  Buckminster 
was  directed  to  request  of  him. 

M'  W-"  Wells's  bill  was  1 10.49. 

J  any.  17,  1809 

M""  Shaw  offerred  the  President's  Review  of  Bow- 
den's  Letters  continued,  which  was  accepted.  M"" 
Everett  read  his  Reviews  of  Pierce's  Hycarpedian 
Oration,  and  of  Capt.   Ed.   Fanning's   Memoirs,  who 


174  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

was  Capt.  of  a  Gun-boat,  or  the  like,  which  were 
accepted. 

M""  Shaw  began  to  read  a  Review  of  Presid*  Stiles' 
History  of  the  Judges,  and  being  interrupted  by  the  cry 
of  fire  ran  to  see,  if  the  Athenaeum  was  safe,  and  M' 
Savage  finished  it.  It  was  accepted  and  referred  to 
M'  Savage.  M''  Buclcminster  read  an  introduction  to 
M*"  Pelham's  tractate  on  orthoepy,  which  was  accepted. 
M'  Shaw  offerred  a  paraphrase  in  verse  of  Corinna's 
Speech,  which,  when  he  had  read  two  lines,  was  referred 
to  M'  Tudor. 

M'  Shaw  then  offerred  a  piece  of  intelligence  matter, 
which  he  read ;  and  it  was  moved  to  accept  it.  M' 
Savage  objected,  although  it  was  in  praise  of  D'  Gor- 
ham's  Lectures,^  because  it  appeared  to  be  in  the  hand- 
writing of  a  man,  who,  he  supposed,  had  written  the 
review  of  the  pamphlet  on  Rhode  Island  Coal,  of  which 
pamphlet  he  was  supposed  to  be  the  author.  From  the 
manner,  in  which  M'  Shaw  spoke  of  it,  some  members 
concluded,  that  he  was  not  the  writer  of  this  piece,  and 
the  vote  passed,  contradicente  Savage  &  Stickney.  In 
a  few  minutes  after,  M""  Savage  moved  for  a  reconsid- 
eration of  this  vote,  and  M'  Shaw  declining  to  say,  that 
the  person,  above  alluded  to,  was  not  the  author,  it  was 
rejected. 

It  was  then  ordered,  that  M'  Savage  be  a  Com- 
mittee to    procure  M""   Lowell   or  some   other  person 

'  A  course  of  lectures  on  chemistry,  delivered  in  Boston,  1 808-1 809, 
by  Dr.  John  Gorham.     No  record  of  their  publication  appears. 


THE   SOCIETY'S    JOURNAL  175 

to  write  a   notice  of  D'  Gorham's  Lectures,  or  write 
one  himself. 

M' Willards  bill  was  I9.12. 

Jany.  25,  1809 

Yesterday  many  members  of  the  club,  being  engaged 
at  the  dinner  in  honour  of  the  Spanish  patriots,  the 
meeting  was  adjourned  to  this  evening.  We  were  nearly 
as  unfortunate,  several  of  the  gentlemen  being  engaged 
at  the  theatre  to  see  M'  B.  Welles's  farce/ 

M'  Savage  read  a  translation  of  an  Italian  Sonnet  by 
the  Abbe  Desmarais  from  M'^  Tudor,  which  was  ac- 
cepted and  referred  to  the  President  for  a  correction  of 
a  couplet. 

D""  Gorham  observed  that  he  had  an  analysis  of  a 
famous  work  on  Chymistry  by  the  Abbe  Haiiy  which  he 
had  thrown  into  the  form  of  a  Review.  He  was  de- 
sired by  the  Soc.  to  change  its  appearance  that  it  might 
come  out  in  the  Miscellany. 

M*"  Tudor  read  a  Memoir  on  the  Consumption  of 
Toast  by  the  United  States,  and  its  effect  on  the  National 
character,  which  was  gladly  accepted. 

M""  Buckminster's  bill  was  % 

Jan"  Z"^,  1809 
We  had  nine  members  at  club  this  evening  and  were 
well  pleased  with  each  other. 

1  Probably  "  Love  and  Physic,*  A  new  farce  in  two  acts,"  the  perform- 
ance of  which  at  the  Boston  Theatre  is  announced  by  the  Columbian  Centintl 
and  other  Boston  newspapers  for  January  25,  1809. 


176  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M""  Shaw  read  a  long  translation  from  the  Spectateur 
du  Nord,  relating  to  Voltaire  and  Bettinelli,  with  some 
introductory  observations  by  himself.  M"'  Tudor  of- 
fered a  Jeu  d'esprit  from  the  French  of  Segur,  called 
the  portrait,  which  was  accepted,  as  was  M""  Shaws,  and 
this  was  all  the  reading  of  the  evening. 

Romeyn's  two  Sermons  on  motion  of  M''  Shaw  were 
assigned  to  M'  Emerson. 

Much  conversation  ensued  on  our  friend  B.  Welles's 
farce,  which  occasioned  much  good  humour,  though 
M''  Savage  was  unusually  somnolent. 

M'  Emerson's  bill  was  I9.50. 

Feb.  7,  1809 

At  this  meeting  M""  Willard  read  his  second  essay  on 
Translations  from  Rom.  poets,  which  was  accepted. 
M'  Everett  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  Blair's  Grave, 
another  on  Law,  and  a  translation  of  Collins's  Dirge  in 
Cymbeline,  all  which  were  accepted. 

M''  Tudor  read  a  Review  of  America  Delivered, 
which  was  accepted,  also  a  Supplement  to  his  Memoir 
on  the  Consumption  of  Toast,  which  was  accepted. 
Mr.  President  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  the  charac- 
ter of  Milton. 

Talleyrands  Memoir  on  the  United  States  was 
assigned  to  M""  Tudor,  An  address  to  the  Congress 
of  the  United  States,  supposed  to  be  Brown's  was 
assigned   to   M'  Tudor.     Algernon  Sydney's   Address 


THE   SOCIETY'S    JOURNAL  177 

to  the  people  of  New  England  was  assigned  to  M' 
R.   H.   Gardiner. 

Much  pleasant  conversation  occupied  the  rest  of  the 
evening  with  occasional  interruptions  of  inquiry  about 
the  pecuniary  concerns,  and  charges  against  the  Treas- 
urer of  growing  rich  by  the  management  of  the  Soci- 
ety's funds,  which  is  too  serious  a  topick  to  joke  on. 

M'  R.  T.  Paine's  Tremendous  Ode  was  assigned  to 
the  President  for  examination. 

M'  Everett's  bill  was  ^8.40. 

Feb.  14,  1809 

We  had  a  pleasant  session,  D*"  Kirkland  appear- 
ing after  a  long  absence,  and  the  Vice  President  en- 
countered the  storm  also  to  meet  us. 

M'  Baldwin's  review  of  the  Pensylvania  Agric. 
Soc.  was  read  by  M""  Shaw,  and  assigned  to  M'' 
R.   H.   Gardiner  for  amendment. 

M""  Emerson  made  an  apology  for  not  having  his 
Remarker,  which  he  had  nearly  finished;  but  said  he 
had  thought  of  us  and  had  prepared  an  article  for 
Silva  and  a  review  of  the  Christian  Monitor.  These 
however  he  had  mislaid,  and  the  Society  lost  the 
pleasure  of  hearing  them. 

M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  a  long  account  of  Lan- 
caster's system  of  Education,  which  was  accepted.  M' 
S.  Thacher  &  M""  Savage  were  on  motion  of  M"" 
Emerson  appointed  a  Committee  to  examine  and 
receive    his    Remarker.      M'   President   read    his    con- 


178  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

tinuation  of  the  Review  of  Bowden's  letters,  which 
was  accepted.  Conversations  on  Chemistry  were 
assigned  to  D*^  Gorham  M'  Norton's  Sermon  to 
M^  S.   C.   Thacher. 

M'  President's  bill  was  I9.70. 

Feb.  21,  1809 

M*"  Shaw  read  part  of  an  article  of  Literary  Intelli- 
gence, containing  observations  on  the  Consolato  del 
Mare  by  M''  Elwyn,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Emer- 
son read  his  review  of  Romeyn's  Sermons,  which 
was  accepted. 

M""  Tyngs  last  volume  of  Reports  were  assigned 
to  M''  P.  Thacher.     White's  Digest  to   M""  Savage. 

On  motion  of  M""  Savage  M""  Shaw  was  chosen 
a  committee  to  adjust  the  accounts  with  Snelling  & 
Simons. 

Belknap's  History  of  New  Hampshire  &  Williams's 
of  Vermont  were  assigned  for  retrospective  review  to 
M'  R.  H.  Gardiner  for  his  summer  amusement.  A 
volume  of  poetry  by  ladies  of  Boston  was  assigned 
to  M*^  Dana,  who  appeared  among  us  after  an  absence 
of  many  months.  The  Embargo  and  other  poems 
were  assigned  to  M''  President. 

The  review  of  Dr.  Romeyn's  Sermons  by  M"" 
Emerson  exciting  some  conversation,  it  was  Voted, 
that  the  review  be  assigned  to  M'  Buckminster,  to 
confer  with   M""  Emerson. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  179 

The  meeting  was  very  full,    thirteen    members  ap- 
pearing in  the  course  of  the  evening. 
M""  R.  H.  Gardiner's  bill  was  $9. S3' 

Feb.  28,  1809 

Twelve  gentlemen  appeared  at  the  meeting  this 
evening. 

M""  Shaw  offered  a  long  communication  from  M' 
Henry  Channing,^  containing  two  Indian  Speeches, 
which  were  referred  to  himself  and  M^  Savage. 

M""  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  his  review  of  Algernon 
Sidney,  which  was  accepted.  M''  Savage  read  an  article 
for  Silva  by  M""  Emerson  on  Tully,  which  was  accepted. 
M''  Shaw  read  a  communication,  relating  to  Ashe's 
Travels,  which  he  hinted  came  from  M""  T.  M.  Harris, 
which  was  accepted. 

M""  Savage  read  some  remarks  on  corruption  of 
language  for  Silva,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read 
M""  Lincoln's  review  of  Andrew's  Sermon,  which  was 
accepted.  He  then  read  his  own  review  of  Croswell's 
Life  and  Journal,  which  was  not  accepted,  but  referred 
to  M*"  Buckminster. 

M''  Shaw  was  called  on  to  report  concerning  his 
settlement  with  the  printers,  but  was  not  ready. 

M""  Emerson  inquired  respecting  his  review  of 
Romeyn's  Sermons,  which  was  lost  Teusday  after  he 
had  read  it,  after  it  had  been  accepted,  and  after  he  had 

1  The  Rev.  Henry  Channing,  at  this  time  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Canandaigua,  New  York. 


i8o  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

left  the  meeting  committed  to  M'  Buckminster.  Some 
explanations  followed,  but  no  order  was  taken  on  the 
subject. 

D"^  Gorham's  bill  was  I9.12. 

March  7,   1809 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  meeting. 

M'  S.  C.  Thacher  read  his  subsidiary  Remarker  by 
our  friend  F.  Parkman,  which  was  pretty  good,  and 
was  accepted,  and  referred  to  M"^  Thacher.  M' 
Thacher  next  read  his  review  of  the  Theological  Tracts 
N°  I,  which  was  accepted  with  gratulation.  He  next 
read  a  notice  of  Ainsworth's  Dictionary  Am.  Ed.  which 
was  accepted.  M^  Stickney  read  an  article  for  Silva  on 
Milton,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Tudor  read  an  introduction  to  the  letter,  relating 
to  Ashe's  Travels,  which  had  been  referred  to  him, 
which  was  accepted.  He  then  read  two  articles  for 
Silva,  which  were  accepted.  He  then  read  his  review 
of  the  Address  to  Congress,  which  was  accepted.  He 
then  read  three  Epigrams  from  his  young  brother  at 
the  University,  which  were  accepted,  and  referred  to 
M""  Savage  for  introduction  in  the  Silva. 

M""  President  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  the  mili- 
tary prowess  of  French  &  English,  which  was  accepted. 
M""  Professor  Willard  read  his  third  essay  on  English 
translations,  which  was  accepted.  Buonaparte's  cam- 
paigns were  assigned  to  M''  Tudor. 

M'  M"^Keans  bill  was  p.55. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  i8i 

March  14,   1809 

The  club  was  not  very  fully  attended,  only  three 
members  appearing  at  the  supper  table.  But  five  more 
came  in  afterward. 

The  President  read  his  review  of  the  Spanish  patriots 
pamphlet. 

D^  Kirkland's  bill  was  ^8.40. 

Mar.  23,   1809 

By  order  of  the  President  the  meeting  was  postponed 
from  the  usual  evening  till  now. 

The  number  of  the  faithful  was  small  at  supper,  but 
increased  afterward. 

D""  Kirkland  commenced  the  reading  of  a  Defence 
of  our  Review  of  the  Constitution  and  Associate  Stat- 
utes &c  ^  against  the  misrepresentations  of  the  Panoplist. 
The  reading  was  continued  by  M""  Savage,  and  the 
Society  accepted  it  with  delight. 

M"^  Savage  read  his  Retrospective  Review  of  A 
translation  of  Horace,  which  was  accepted. 

M'  Savage's  bill  was  I8.40.  D'  Kirkland  had 
notice  of  his  turn  to  write  the  Remarker  for  May. 

March  28,  1809 
The  Soc.  met  at   M""  Cooper's  new  house  in  New- 
bury Street,^  eight  members  appearing  at   the   supper 
table,  and  one  coming  in  after. 

1  Of  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 

2  66  Newbury,  now  a  part  of  Washington  Street. 


i82  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M'  Savage  read  a  communication  from  D*^  Gor- 
ham,  stating  his  inabilities  to  fulfil  his  engagements 
with  the  Society,  and  resigning  his  seat.  The  resigna- 
tion was  not  accepted,  M""  Buckminster  wishing  it 
might  be  referred  to  the  next  meeting,  that  in  the  inter- 
val he  might  have  an  opportunity  for  conversing  with 
the  D^ 

Lines  written  for  a  College  Exercise  In  1804  were 
read  by  M''  Thacher,  coming  from  M''  Head,  were 
accepted.  A  long  communication  from  our  friend  ^  in 
Providence  on  imitation  as  offered  by  M''  Savage,  and 
on  motion  of  M""  Shaw,  to  accept  it  unread  and  refer  it 
to  M''  Savage,  he  would  not  allow  it,  until  he  had  read 
about  one  half,  when  the  piece  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M''  Shaw  "  Chapman's  Select  speeches" 
were  assigned  to  M''  Buckminster  to  request  a  review 
from  J.  Q.  Adams.  Farrand  Mallory  &  Co's^  pre- 
mium Editions  were  assigned  to  M'  Savage  on  motion 
of  M^  Shaw. 

M'  Tudor  read  an  excellent  analysis  of  Talleyrand's 
Memoir  on  the  United  States  for  the  Retrospective 
Review,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage  M'  Jacob  Bigelow  was 
put  in  nomination  for  a  seat  in  the  club. 

M-"  Shaw's  bill  was  $8.55. 

1  Paul  Allen. 

2  Farrand,  Mallory  &  Co.,  printers  of  Philadelphia,  whose  publications 
were,  for  the  most  part,  *'  premium  editions"  of  standard  reports. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  183 

April  ^y  1809 

We  had  an  octagonal  club. 

M""  Everett  read  a  Review  of  the  Simple  Cobler  of 
Agawam  for  our  Retrospective  department,  so  long 
expected  from  M""  Cogswell/  which  was  accepted  and 
referred  to  D""  Kirkland. 

M"^  Everett  then  read  two  articles  for  Silva,  on  the 
Odyssey  and  a  Trifle  from  the  Spanish  which  were  ac- 
cepted. He  then  read  his  Remarker  on  female  fash- 
ions, which  was  accepted. 

M'  Tudor  read  two  articles  for  Silva,  a  Letter  to  a 
Pope  and  Spain,  which  were  accepted.  He  offered  a 
remark  on  an  article  in  the  last  Silva  on  Corinna,  which 
I  advised  him  to  throw  into  the  form  of  a  Silvan  piece. 

M'  Shaw  read  two  articles  for  Silva  from  our  friend 
Biglow,  which  were  on  Equitation,  on  Invocation,  but 
the  first  running  quatuor  pedibus  with  a  page  or  more 
of  Everetts  Remarker,  on  motion  of  M""  Savage,  it 
was  referred  to  Everett. 

M""  Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  tavern  keep- 
ers, which  was  not  so  good,  as  he  thought  it,  before  he 
began,  &  which  he  would  therefore  have  burned,  but 
the  Soc.  accepted  it. 

On  motion  of  M"^  Shaw  M""  Everett  was  ordered  to 
make  a  communication  for  the  Intelligence  department 
on  the  Port  Folio  and  M""  Savage  another  on  the  Law 
Journal. 

•  Probably  Joseph  Green  Cogswell,  a  contributor  to  The  Monthly  An- 
thologyy  and  later  Superintendent  of  the  Astor  Library  in  New  York. 


1 84  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage  Woodward's  pamphlet  on 
the  Ex[ecutive]  Gov[ernment]  of  the  U.  S.  was  as- 
signed to  M""  Tudor.  A  pamphlet  on  the  Report  of  the 
Common  Law  was  assigned  to  M''  Savage. 

M''  Shaw  stated  that  the  first  instalment  of  our  de- 
mand from  Hastings,  Etheridge  &  Bliss  of  one  hundred 
&  twenty  five  Dollars  was  paid  him  last  Saturday, 
which  produced  a  glow  of  self  complacency  and  hope 
throughout  the  Society,  quod  felix  faustumque  videtur. 
Jam  redit  et  nummus,  redeunt  Saturnia  regna.^ 

M''  Savage  wished  to  have  a  committee  to  examine 
the  Treasurer's  accounts  immediately,  which  the  Treas- 
urer opposed,  for  what  good  reasons  can  hardly  be 
conjectured.  Yet  so  unsuspicious  were  the  members 
that  nothing  more  was  done  on  the  subject. 

M""  Stickney's  bill  was  $8.40. 

April  II,  1809 

We  had  a  tolerable  number  of  the  associates  at 
supper,  and  very  clever  conversation.  The  business 
began  early. 

On  motion  of  M""  Shaw  Temple's  Arithmetical 
Primer  was  assigned  to  M""  Stickney,  he  protesting, 
that  he  would  do  nothing  with  it.  A  new  Pantheon 
was  assigned  to  M^  Everett.  The  Medical  Repository 
was  assigned  to  M'  Everett  to  procure  a  notice  from 
Bigelow.  Sotheby's  Georgicks  from  Connecticut  were 
assigned  to  the  President. 

'  But  now  the  coin  comes  back,  the  Golden  Age  returns,  —  a  play 
upon  Virgil's  line  "Jam  redit  et  Virgo,  redeunt  Saturnia  regna"  (Eel.  4,  6). 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  185 

M'  President  read  the  conclusion  (laus  deo)  of 
his  Review  of  Boaden  Letters,  M'  Savage  read  M' 
Willard's  fourth  number  of  Roman  Classicks,  which 
were  accepted.  M*"  Shaw  read  a  communication  from 
our  friend  M""  Lowell  on  D'  Gorham's  Course  of 
Lectures,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Savage  read  his 
Review  of  Considerations  on  Common  Law,  which 
was  accepted.  D''  Kirkland  read  part  of  a  long  and 
admirable  Review  of  M'^Farland  on  Heresy,  which  was 
accepted. 

M'  Stickney  read  two  articles  for  Sllva,  one  on 
Mimickry,  the  other  on  girl's  dreams,  which  were 
accepted,  M""  Shaw,  D""  Kirkland  and  Buckminster 
objecting  to  the  latter. 

M""  Alston  was  ordered  to  be  put  on  nomination. 

M'  P.  Thacher's  bill  was  I8.40. 

April  18,  1809 

We  had  a  club  tolerably  well  attended. 

M''  S.  C.  Thacher  read  two  translations  by  M' 
Frisbie  of  Cambridge  one  of  Septimi,  Gades  aditure 
mecum,^  the  other  of  Integer  vitae  ^  also  a  versification 
of  Pater  noster,  all  which  were  accepted.  M""  Shaw 
read  a  Review  of  Letters  from  the  Mountains,  which 
was  accepted  and  referred  to  M''  Buckminster  for  the 
alteration  of  a  phrase  or  so.  M""  Tudor  read  a  Review 
of  Woodward  on  the  Executive,  which  was  accepted. 

1  Horace's  Odes,  Book  2,  Ode  6. 

2  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i,  Ode  22. 


i86  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M"  Morton's  Beacon  Hill  was  assigned  to  the 
President  for  a  Retrospective  Review.  Grimke's  Ora- 
tion on  Eloquence  was  assigned  to  M''  Everett.  The 
Columbiad  was  assigned  to  M*"  S.  C.  Thacher  for  M' 
Norton.  The  New  Testament  to  be  published  next 
week  was  assigned  to   M""  Buckminster. 

M""  Buckminster  took  notice  of  his  duty  to  write 
the  Remarker  for  June. 

The  gentlemen  all  went  away  and  left  the  Secretary 
asleep. 

M-^  S.  C.  Thacher's  bill  was  $8.55. 

April  25,  1809 

The  club  was  well  enough  attended,  but  little  business 
was  done. 

M''  Savage  read  a  piece  of  Latin  poetry  about  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  Cambridge  from  a  M""  Knight,^ 
which  was  accepted  and  referred  to  M""  President  for 
correction.  Patrick  Gas's  Journal,  not  an  inflammable 
book^  was  assigned  to  M""  Tudor. 

M--  Tudor's  bill  was  p.48. 

May  2,  1809 

The  club  was  very  well  attended,  twelve  members 
being  at  supper. 

The  President  called  for  the  contributions  due,  but 
no  Remarker  appeared.  For  Silva  nobody  afforded 
anything  but  M*"  Tudor  and  the  President.     M""  Tudor 

1  Doubtless  Henry  Cogswell  Knight,  1788-1835,  who  published  a 
volume  of  poems,  "The  Cypriad,"  in  Boston  in  1809. 

*  Referring  to  gas,  and,  perhaps,  to  Tudor's  connection  with  the  Ice  trade. 


THE   SOCIETY'S    JOURNAL  187 

offered  five  short  articles,  which  were  accepted,  M' 
President's  on  M''  Canning  was  accepted. 

M'  Savage  read  a  note  from  some  unknown  friend, 
enclosing  a  poem  on  the  dead  friend,  which,  though 
very  well,  was  rejected,  having  been  published  in  one 
of  our  papers,  &  referred  to   M''  Everett. 

Some  conversation  ensued  on  making  assignments  of 
many  books,  but  no  order  was  taken  except  that  a  tour 
in  Virginia  was  assigned  to  M""  Tudor. 

jVlr  w°  Well's  bill  was  $8.55. 

May  9,  1809 

The  table  was  tolerably  filled,  though  the  President 
was  absent. 

D""  Gorham  first  read  a  notice  of  Conversations  on 
Chemistry,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Everett  then  read 
a  notice  of  the  Port  Folio,  ^  which  was  accepted.  He 
then  read  for  Silva  an  article  on  Home  Tooke,  the 
Epithalamium  of  Menelaus,  on  Philip  4,  Epitaph  on 
some  French  author,  Allegory  of  flowers,  all  which 
were    accepted. 

M""  Tudor  read  a  philosophical  disquisition  on  the 
purring  of  cats,  which  was  accepted.  M''  Shaw  read  a 
Review  of  Ames's  works  by  M""  F.  D.  Channing,  which 
was  accepted  and  referred  to  D''  Kirkland  for  any 
correction. 

M--  Willard's  bill  was  $8.80. 

»  See  The  Monthly  Anthology  for  May,  1809,  volume  6,  page  348.  The 
Port  Folio  contains  a  favorable  notice  of  The  Monthly  Anthology  in  volume 
5,  for  the  year  1805,  page  238. 


1 88  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

May  1 6,  1809 

The  supper  table  was  attended  by  only  five ;  but 
after  the  dishes  were  removed  three  more  gentlemen 
got  in. 

D^  Kirkland  (eheu  !)  was  not  prepared  with  his  own 
review,  nor  had  he  made  the  necessary  corrections  in 
M""  Channing's  review. 

M'  Savage  read  two  reviews  from  M""  F.  Parkman, 
one  of  D""  Holmes's  fast  sermon,  the  other  of  D*" 
Lathrops  sermon  on  his  wife,  which  were  accepted,  and 
referred  to  M''  S.  C.  Thacher.  M""  Tudor  read  a  re- 
view of  Gas's  Journal  which  was  accepted. 

M""  President  took  notice  of  his  duty  to  write  the 
Remarker  for  July  next.  M""  Buckminster's  bill  was 
P.80. 

May  23,  1809 

We  had  a  very  charming  session,  the  club  being  in 
better  spirits  than  has  been  known  for  many  weeks.  It 
was  observable,  that  the  Secretary  did  not  sleeo,  though 
he  sat  till  five  minutes  or  more  past  twelve. 

M""  Buckminster  offered  a  long  communication  on 
Greek  Literature  from  a  young  gentleman  at  Portland, 
who  gives  in  it  much  promise  of  excellence.  He  read 
about  a  third  of  it,  when  being  very  long  it  was  inter- 
rupted, and  accepted. 

M'  Shaw  began  to  read  a  letter  from  a  friend,  mak- 
ing enquiry  about  a  short  poem  in  Dodsley's  collection ; 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  189 

but  he  was  interrupted  by  M''  Savage,  and  he  refused 
to  proceed.  He  then  offered  the  long  expected  Review 
of  Rees's  Cyclopaedia  by  our  friend  Pickering,  of  which 
he  read  a  page,  when  it  was  accepted. 

D""  Kirkland  then  read  his  continuation  of  the  Re- 
view of  M'^Farland  on  Heresy,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  S.  C.  Thacher  read  an  elegy,  or  hymn  on  the 
death  of  young  Webber,  ^  which  was  accepted  and  re- 
ferred to  him  for  a  proper  introduction. 

The  question  about  M''  Ames's  Review  was  then 
discussed.  D"'  Kirkland,  to  whom  it  had  been  referred, 
thought  that  what  M""  Channing  had  written  could 
not  be  printed  with  any  credit  to  us,  unless  it  was  cut 
down  to  one  fourth  of  its  present  size,  and  made  an 
introduction  to  a  Review.  But  it  would  do,  he  thought, 
for  insertion  in  the  Miscellany.  At  last  it  was  agreed, 
that  no  order  should  at  present  be  taken  on  the  com- 
munication ;  but  that  D""  K.  should  converse  with  M"" 
C.  on  his  return  from  New- York  upon  the  subject  at 
large. 

On  motion  of  M""  Savage,  it  was  voted  that  the  Sec- 
retary in  the  name  of  the  Society  request  a  review  of 
M""  Ames's  works  from  Warren  Dutton  Esqr. 

The  new  editions  of  Butler's  Analogy  and  of  Ferguson 
on  Civil  Society  were  assigned  to  M"^  Stickney  for 
notice. 

M'  Emerson's  bill  was  ^8.62. 

*  George  Webber,  of  Cambridge.  The  hymn  was  written  by  Henry 
Cogswell  Knight. 


190  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

May  30,  1809 

We  had  a  good  club  enough,  though  only  seven 
members  were  present  together. 

The  Secretary,  as  directed  by  the  vote  of  last  night, 
had  written  to  M""  Button  &  received  his  answer,  de- 
clining the  honour.  The  correspondence  was  read,  but 
no  order  passed  upon  it. 

M*"  Savage  read  a  Review  of  Binney's  Reports, 
which  was  accepted.  M""  Tudor  read  an  Article  for 
Silva  on   Pitt,   Fox  &   Sheridan,  which  was  accepted. 

M'  Everett's  bill  was  ^9.45. 

June  6,  1809 

The  meeting  was  enlivened  by  the  return  of  our 
Vice  President  after  long  absence.  The  President 
and  several  other  members  were  absent. 

M*"  Savage  opened  a  long  communication  from 
our  friend  R.  on  Commentators,  of  which  he  read 
about  a  quarter,  when  he  was  interrupted  by  a  motion 
of  M""  Willard  to  accept  it  under  reference  to  M' 
Savage,  which  passed. 

M""  Everett  read  his  review  of  Grimke's  oration, 
but  nothing  for  Silva.  M'  Stickney  read  nothing,  but 
said  he  would  bring  a  fine  Silva  next  night.  M"" 
Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva,  Columbus,  that  was 
accepted.  At  present  we  promise  ill  for  the  Anthology 
of  this  month. 

M""  President's  bill  was  ^9.30. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  191 

June  13,  1809 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  and  productive  meeting, 
the  Vice  President  once  more  at  the  head  of  the 
table.  The  Georgick  papers  were  assigned  to  M' 
Tudor.  M'  Shaw  read  a  bloody  long  letter  about 
C.  J.  Fox,  being  an  elegy  and  an  epitaph  on  him 
by  Britannicus,  understood  to  be  M""  Buxton,  which 
the  gentlemen  seemed  not  much  inclined  to  receive. 
However  it  was  accepted,  and  referred  to  M' 
Everett  to  be  put  into  harmony,  if  he  can  do  it. 

M""  Savage  read  a  translation  of  an  Ode  of  Horace 
Diffugere  nives,^  and  another  of  Solvitur  acris  hyems  ^ 
by  M'  Frisbie,  which  were  accepted. 

M''  Savage  mentioned,  that  he  had  a  letter,  stating 
that  our  correspondent,  M''  Knight  of  Cambridge, 
would  afford  a  piece  of  latin  poetry  to  morrow  or 
the  next  day,  which  he  therefore  moved  might,  if 
received  by  him,   be  referred  to  M""  Gardiner. 

M*"  Savage  next  read  three  articles  for  Silva  by 
the  President,  Austria  &  France,  Beefeaters,  &  Pater- 
culus.  He  then  read  an  article  on  French  Poetry  by 
M""  Thacher,  all  which  were  accepted.  M""  Everett 
then  read  two  articles  for  Silva,  Theocritus  &  Virgil, 
and  Eloquence,  which  were  accepted.  M""  Willard  then 
read  N°  5  of  his  Essays  on  the  translations,  which  was 
accepted. 

After  supper,  and  when   at   least  two  of  the  mem- 

^  Horace's  Odes,  Book  4,  Ode  7. 
^  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i,  Ode  4. 


192  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

bers  were  gone,  came  In    M""   Tudor   and    afterwards 
M""  President.     Anthology  stock  looks  up  very  high. 
M''  President's  avocation  had  been  a  benevolent  one, 
the  marriage  of  some  of  his  folks. 
D'  Gorham's  bill  was  ^9.05. 

June  20,  1809 

We  had  a  very  cheerful  time. 

The  President  read  his  review  of  Peters's  Life  of 
Hugh  Peters,  which  was  accepted.  M*"  Shaw  read  a 
letter  from  some  nameless  correspondent,  covering  the 
old  mans  soliloquy,  on  gaining  the  age  of  one  hundred 
years,  said  to  be  found  In  an  old  newspaper,  which 
was  rejected. 

D""  Osgood's  Sermon  was  assigned  to  M""  Buck- 
minster  on  motion  of  M""  Shaw.  M"^  Stickney  read  his 
notice  of  Butler's  Analogy,  which  was  pretty  well,  but 
contained  something  terribly  smoaky  against  Calvinism. 
It  was  accepted  and  referred  for  correction  or  amend- 
ment to  D""  KIrkland. 

M""  Savage  observed,  that  M''  Everett  had  nearly 
finished  his  Retrospective  review  of  Pletas  et  Gratulatio, 
and  might  have  it  prepared  for  publication  In  this 
number  now  in  progress,  If  it  might  be  subjected  to  the 
examination  of  Mr.  Buckminster,  which  was  thereupon 
ordered. 

The  pamphlet  on  the  Farmer's  Exchange  Bank  was 
assigned  to  M""  Tudor. 

After  eleven  o'clock,  when  M^  Shaw  went  of  course. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  193 

our  brother  Tudor  read  us  the  oration  for  the  fourth  of 
July,  which  was  very  acceptable  to  the  Society. 

D'  Kirkland's  bill  was  $8.90.  M'  Cooper  afforded 
us  some  very  good  Claret,  but  no  ice.    Tant  pis. 

June  27,  1809 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  club,  some  members  appear- 
ing, that  have  not  seen  each  other  for  a  long  time. 
Cary's  Sermon  and  Eckley's  Sermon  were  assigned  to 
M''  Gray,  though  the  motion  was  opposed  by  M' 
Willard  and  JVP  Shaw.  However  three  voted  in  favour 
of  it. 

M""  Savage  read  a  communication  of  an  English 
version  of  a  poem  de  Livore,  ascribed  to  Virgil  which 
was  accepted  and  referred  to  M"'  Savage  for  correction. 
The  Sermon  of  M'^  Norton  and  the  Answer  of  the 
Berean  Society  and  of  M""  Thompson  were  assigned  to 
M''  Emerson.  Laura,  a  Novel,  was  assigned  to 
Tudor. 

Some  conversation  followed  on  Webster's  Dictionary, 
which  M"'  Savage  said  he  was  willing  to  review,  if  it 
was  thought  worth  while. 

A  debate  ensued  on  the  propriety  of  choosing 
corresponding  members  of  our  Society,  but  no  vote 
was  passed. 

M'  M'Kean  said  to  M""  Cooper  last  week,  when  he 
presented  his  bill,  that  he  considered  his  name  with- 
drawn from  the  Society,  so  that  D""  Kirkland  paid  it. 

M^  Savage's  bill  was  I9.40 

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194  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

July  4,  1 809 

The  Society  assembled,  but  it  was  only  to  eat,  drink 
and  smoak,  converse  and  congratulate  our  brother 
Tudor,  who  had  delivered  the  oration. 

An  attempt  was  made  to  choose  a  committee  to 
provide  a  plan  for  selecting  corresponding  members, 
but  there  was  a  general  indisposition  to  business. 

M'  Shaw's  bill  was  I9.90. 

July  II,  1809 

The  Society  was  not  numerous,  but  In  good  spirits 
and  well  pleased  with  each  other. 

M''  Buckminster  read  a  Review  of  Wilson's  Sallust, 
which  was  accepted.  M""  Savage  read  a  communication 
from  a  correspondent  at  Philadelphia,  understood  to 
be  M''  Carey,^  on  old  bachelors,  which  was  rejected. 
He  then  read  a  piece  of  intelligence,  relating  to 
sacred  extracts,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Emerson  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  Ladd  and 
his  poems,  with  a  very  long  quotation  about  Warren 
Hastings,  which  did  not  appear  acceptable  to  the 
gentlemen.  M*"  Shaw  moved  that  Ladd's  Poems  be 
assigned  to  M""  Emerson,  in  order  that  he  might 
weave  into  the  Review  what  he  had  just  said  for  Silva. 
This  order  was  passed,  and  therefore  M''  Emerson 
retained  his  Silva. 

M'  Everett  read  for  Silva  a  translation  of  a  Greek 

»  Matthew  Carey,  the  publisher. 


THE    SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  195 

song  which  was  accepted.  He  also  communicated  the 
list  of  the  authors  of  pietas  &  gratulatio,  received  from 
D^  Deane/ 

M^  Savage  read  for  Silva  a  new  note  on  Shakespeare, 
which  was  accepted.  M'  Stickney  read  for  Silva  an 
article  on  duelling,  an  article  on  Theocritus  &  Solomon 
and  an  article  on  Grecian  pictures  and  statues,  which 
were  all  accepted,  M""  Buckminster,  however,  objecting, 
that  there  was  too  much  nakedness  in  the  last.  M'' 
Stickney  said  it  might  be  amended. 

M""  Tudor  read  for  Silva  an  article  on  an  English 
custom  and  on  EngHsh  elections  another,  which  were 
accepted.  He  then  read  a  Review  of  the  Georgick 
papers,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read  a  translation 
of  the  Abbe  Gregoire's  letter  to  Barlow,  which  was 
accepted  and  referred  to  M""  Buckminster. 

M""  Stickney's  bill  was  I9.90. 

July  18,  1809 

M""  Vice  President  and  a  number  sufficient  for  good 
fellowship  encountered  the  violent  storm  for  the  credit 
of  the  Anthology. 

M""  Emerson  read  a  Review  of  D*"  Eckley's  Sermon 
at  the  ordination  of  M'  Holley  &  of  M""  Gary's  Ser- 
mon at  his  own  ordination,  which  were  written  by  our 
brother  Gray  in  his  usual  style  of  superabundant  com- 

^  Samuel  Deane,  of  Portland,  Maine,  whose  prize  English  ode  on  the 
death  of  George  II  and  the  accession  of  George  III  was  printed  in  1761, 
together  with  the  compositions  of  others  on  the  same  subject,  under  the 
title  "Pietas  et  Gratulatio,"   etc. 


196  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

pliment.  The  first  was  accepted,  the  second  rejected, 
because  it  was  said  never  to  have  been  published.  After 
a  long  debate  the  first  was  modified,  and  referred  to 
M'  Emerson  to  remodify. 

M'  Emerson  read  his  Silva,  on  Winslow,*  which 
was  accepted.  M'  Savage  read  a  Remarker  from  the 
President,  which  was  accepted,  after  some  alterations 
made  by  the  Society,  in  particular,  striking  out  one 
paragraph. 

M""  Shaw  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  Addison  and 
Johnson,  which  seemed  rather  below  our  standard,  but 
which  was  received  owing  to  some  unknown  sympathy 
exhibited  by  M'  Shaw,  who  declared,  that  the  writer 
had  often  given  him  communications  for  the  Anthology 
that  he  would  not  even  offer. 

M'  Shaw  then  read  a  Letter  on  the  subject  of  the 
authors  of  Pietas  &  Gratulatio,  on  which  no  order  was 
passed.  D""  Kirkland  then  read  many  pages  of  his  Re- 
view of  the  View  of  Heresies,  which  was  accepted,  but 
the  D""  had  not  got  the  whole. 

Edward's  works  were  assigned  to  D""  Kirkland  to 
procure  a  Review  from  M'  Holley.^  M'  Shaw  wishes 
Smith's  Lectures  on  the  Evidences  of  Christianity  to  be 
assigned  to  somebody,  but  no  vote  was  passed. 

A  Committee  was  chosen  to  examine  the  Treasurer's 
accounts,  M*"  Emerson  &  M'  Savage. 

M^  S.  C.  Thacher's  bill  was  p.75. 

1  Edward  Winslow,  Governor  of  Plymouth  Colony. 

2  The  Rev.  Horace  HoIIey,  Pastor  of  HoUis  Street  Church,  Boston, 
1809-1818. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  197 

July  25,  1809 

We  had  a  full  meeting,  expecting  it  to  be  the  last,  at 
which  we  shall  see  our  brother  Everett.^  M""  Savage 
read  a  delightful  long  Review  of  the  Columbiad  from 
M""  Norton,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Savage  gave 
notice  to  all  the  gentlemen  of  what  would  be  expected 
from  them  for  the  Anthology  of  next  month. 

After  some  debate,  it  was  resolved,  nemine  contra- 
dicente,  to  go,  en  club,  to  Nahant  on  Monday  next. 

M'  Tudor's  bill  was  I9.90. 

August  I,  1809 

Considering  how  lavish  we  were  yesterday  of  our 
enjoyment,  we  had  a  pretty  good  club  tonight. 

The  Committee,  who  examined  the  Treasurer's 
accounts  report  a  balance  due  to  M""  Savage  of 
I112.51. 

M"^  Willard  read  two  pieces  of  poetry,  one  on  a 
rose  faded,  and  the  other  a  translation  of  Ode  30 
Lib  I  of  Horace  from  our  friend  Frisbie,  which  were 
accepted.  M'  Emerson  read  his  article  for  Silva  on 
Jews  Harp,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Stickney  read 
two  articles,  on  John  Huss  &  William  Noy,  which 
were  accepted. 

M''  Shaw  read  a  communication  on  the  boat  In  the 
democratick  celebration  on  July  4,  with   an   imitation 

*  Mr.  Everett  was  about  to  accompany  John  Quincy  Adams  to  Russia. 


198  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

from  Horace  O  Navis  !  te  referent/  which  was  by  the 
handwriting  supposed  to  come  from  J.  Davis  Jr,  it 
was  accepted. 

M""  Willard  read  his  essay  on  translation,  which  was 
accepted.  M'  Savage  read  a  communication  on  the 
letter  supposed  to  be  written  by  Columbus  from  Ja- 
maica, which  was  accepted. 

M""  Everett  was  at  club  once  more. 

M"^  Wells's  bill  was  I9.65. 

August  8,  1809 

Very  little  business  was  done  this  evening,  though 
the  club  was  pretty  well  attended. 

M'  Tudor  read  his  article  for  Silva  on  the  Slave 
trade,  which  was  accepted. 

M-"  Willard's  bill  was  ^9.10. 

August  15,  1809 

The  secretary  was  absent,  the  club  thinly  attended 
and  business  transacted  with  so  little  animation,  that 
the  dogstar's  influence  is  very  apparent.  A  Hymn 
from  M'  Norton  was  read  and  accepted,  also  a  poem 
on  summer  evening,  also  a  review  of  a  sermon  by  D' 

•  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i.  Ode  14.  The  Columbian  Centinel  for  July 
5,  1809,  has  the  following  reference  to  the  boat  which  was  used  to  cele- 
brate the  revival  of  trade  and  commerce:  "A  Democratic  Procession  was 
formed  at  the  State-House,  in  which  beside  other  novelties,  was  a  Ship, 
fully  rigged,  armed  and  manned,  and  drawn  on  wheels,  by  thirteen  white 
horses;  from  which  salutes  were  fired  when  she  stopped  near  the  residence 
of  the  Governor,  at  Charlestown  Bridge,  and  at  the  arbour  In  Charlestown, 
under  which  the  company  dined." 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  199 

Paley.  M'  Shaw  offerred  a  tremendous  long  Journal 
of  an  American  at  Venice,  which  was  referred  to  M' 
Shaw  and  M'  Savage. 

Anthology  stock  must  be  low  in  the  market  for 
some  time,  for  the  President  will  not  work  in  dogdays. 

M'  Buckminster's  bill  was  ^9.75. 

Aug.  iiy  1809 

The  Secretary  held  club  alone  till  after  nine  o'clock, 
when  some  members  came  in,  but  not  half  enough  to 
eat  the  supper  prepared. 

M""  Shaw  read  a  review  of  the  Mississippi  Navigator 
from  M'  Harris,  which  was  accepted.  M*"  Savage  read 
an  article  for  Silva  on  devotional  Poetry,  which  was 
not  accepted,  but  M'  Buckminster  promised  to  fur- 
nish the  Secretary  an  article  in  lieu  of  it  tomorrow 
morning.  M'  Savage  read  a  Review  of  President 
Wheelocks  eulogium  on  D""  Smith,  which  was  accepted. 

M''  Shaw  offerred  two  letters^  from  Noah  Webster, 
which  is  an  answer  to  our  review  of  his  grammar  and  a 
justification  of  his  plan  of  a  dictionary.  It  contained 
also  some  uncandid  inuendoes  against  us,  but  it  was 
accepted  on  motion  of  M""  Tudor,  seconded  by  M' 
Shaw,  and  referred  to  M""  Savage,  who  very  boldly 
declared,  he  was  not  afraid,  it  would  do  us  any  injury. 
But  D'  Kirkland  said  he  would  hold  up  both  hands 
against  it. 

•  These  letters,  addressed  to  the  Hon.  Thomas  Dawes,  were  published  in 
The  Monthly  Anthology  for  September,  1809,  witli  editorial  notes  by  James 
Savage. 


200  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

D"  Kirkland  then  read  his  Remarker,  which  was 
accepted.  M'  Savage  then  read  from  R.  H.  Gard- 
iner a  Retrospective  Review  of  Williams's  History 
of  Vermont,  which  was  accepted. 

M'  Emerson's  bill  was  I9.75. 

August  29,  1809 

The  club  was  not  filled,  till  supper  was  nearly  over. 
We  had  only  seven  members  at  once.  No  reading 
was  done. 

On  motion  of  M'  Shaw  seconded  by  M'  Tudor, 
Ordered^  That  M'  Buckminster  be  desired  to  publish 
his  oration  ^  to  be  delivered  on  Thursday  next,  if  he 
will  in  any  way  permit  its  publication,  in  the  Anthol- 
ogy. Ordered^  That  the  Secretary  communicate  this 
vote. 

The  conversation  of  the  evening  was  chiefly  at  the 
expense  of  Noah  Webster,  as  long  as  the  Secretary 
kept  awake. 

M'  President's  bill  was  I9.25. 

September  J,   1809  1™}°"-^°",!,''"°'- '' ""^ '' 
We    did    pretty   well  this  evening.       M'    President 
being  absent,   M*"   Emerson  had  his  seat. 

M"^    Shaw    read    a    most    tedious    communication, 

*  An  address  "  On  the  dangers  and  duties  of  men  of  letters  "  delivered 
before  the  society  of  $  B  K  at  Harvard  University,  Aug.  31,  1809,  by  Joseph 
Stevens  Buckminster.  This  was  printed  in  The  Monthly  Anthology  for 
September,    1809,  volume  7,   pages    145-158. 


THE   SOCIETY'S    JOURNAL  201 

called  the  Overseer  No.  i  which  was  so  stupid,  that 
the  reading  was  interrupted,  and  I  knew  not  whether 
any  vote  was  passed  upon  it.  M""  Stickney  read  his 
article  for  Silva  on  Sir  Harbottle  Grimston,  which  was 
accepted. 

M''  Tudor  read  an  Extract  from  a  French  paper 
on  Joel  Barlow,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read 
a  review  of  the  pamphlet  on  the  Farmer's  Ex.  bank, 
which  was  accepted,  D""  Kirkland  objecting  to  two 
of  the  remarks.  He  then  read  two  articles  for  Silva, 
one  on  the  Value  of  Pity,  the  other  on  Physicians, 
containing  an  extract  from  the  New  Bath  Guide, 
neither  of  which  were  accepted.  M*"  Savage  read  some 
verses  on  "  a  castle  in  the  air  "  ^  by  our  friend  Frisbie, 
which  were  accepted. 

M""  Savage  then  introduced  the  subject  of  choosing 
corresponding  members,  offering  a  resolution  to  bring 
the  matter  fairly  before  the  Society.  After  some 
modification,  it  passed,  in  this  shape. 

"  Resolved, 

That  corresponding  members  may  be  elected  into 
this  Society  at  any  meeting,  at  which  seven  members 
are  present,  provided  that  any  person  so  chosen  shall 

1  This  poem  appeared  first  in  The  Monthly  Anthology,  volume  7,  pages 
179-180  J  it  soon  became  popular.      The  first  stanza  runs, 
••I'll  tell  you,  friend,  what  sort  of  wife 
Whene'er  I  scan  this  scene  of  life, 
Inspires  my  waking  schemes  ; 
And  when  I  sleep,  with  form  so  light. 
Dances  before  my  ravished  sight. 
In  sweet  aerial  dreams." 


202  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

have  been  proposed  to  the  Society  a  fortnight  at  least 
before.  The  election  of  any  corresponding  member 
shall  be  made  known  to  him  by  some  member  under 
the  directions  of  the  Society.  Such  corresponding 
member,  in  case  of  his  acceptance  and  promise  to 
assist  us,  shall  be  invited  to  attend  our  meetings 
whenever  he  may  be  in  town." 

After  this  we  proceeded  to  propose  persons  as 
candidates,  and  a  list  was  soon  filled  with  the  names 
of  John  Pickering,  D""  Treadwell,  Benj.  Vaughan, 
Judge  Davis,  M^  Nichols,  Paul  Allen,  M'  Webster 
of  Portsmouth,  Professor  Silliman,  M'  Day  of 
Hartford,  Hon.  M""  Quincy,  M""  Davies  of  Port- 
land, M'  A.  Norton,  M'  Frisbie,  Governor  Smith 
of  New  Hampshire,  M'  Haven  of  Portsmouth, 
Judge  Cranch  of  Washington,  M""  Bates  of  North- 
ampton, M'  Benj.  Merrill,  M'  Popkin  of  Newbury, 
M""  Baldwin  of  Cambridge,  Judge  Parker,  M''  John 
Lowell,   Professor  Hall  of  Middlebury. 

The  club  seemed  to  be  in  good  spirits  and 
thought  the  Anthology  would  outlive  all  its  enemies. 

D'  Gorham's  bill  was  ^8.90. 

September  12,  1809 

The  Society  assembled  under  much  anxiety,  owing 
to  the  insolvency  of  Hastings,  Etheridge  &  Bliss. 
It  is  probable  we  shall  lose  the  benefit  of  our  con- 
tract with  them,  and  possible  that  the  publication  of 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  203 

the  Anthology  may  be  suspended,  an  event  much 
more  important  to  ourselves  and  the  world  ! 

A  committee  of  three,  M"^  Savage,  M'  Shaw  & 
M""  W.  Wells  was  raised  to  see  about  printing  the 
Anthology. 

M"^  Emerson  read  an  article  for  Silva,  an  Ode  on 
Gluttony,  M'  Savage  one  on  Immortal  Fame,  M' 
Stickney  on  R.  Cromwell  &  on  Sir  H.  Norton  & 
D'  Kirkland  on  D""  Franklin,  all  which  were  ac- 
cepted, M""  Savage  read  his  Editors  notes  on  N. 
Websters  letters. 

The  club  was  thinly  attended,  but  the  supper  re- 
ceived due  respect. 

D--  Kirkland's  bill  was  |8.oo. 

September  19,  1809 

The  club  was  unusually  dull,  only  three  members 
being  present,   M'  Shaw,  M""  Stickney  &   M''  Savage. 

M"^  Shaw  read  a  very  long  Ode  to  Time,  which  was 
accepted.  M*"  Savage  read  a  Retrospective  Review  of 
Boylston  on  Inoculation,  from  D"^  Gorham,  which  was 
accepted.  He  then  read  a  letter  from  D"^  Gorham,  re- 
signing his  seat  at  the  club. 

On  motion  of  M*"  Shaw,  Orderedy  That  M'  Secretary 
request  of  M'  M'Kean  to  publish  his  oration  before 
the  <I>  B.  K.  delivered  some  years  ago. 

M""  Savage's  bill  was  $j.oo. 


204  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Septr.  26,  1809 

We  had  a  glorious  club.  Thacher,  whose  seat  has 
been  vacant  four  months  and  several  other  strangers 
appeared.  M''  Savage  read  an  address  to  the  people, 
which  he  said  it  would  be  proper  for  us  to  make,  in 
case  the  assignees  of  H.  E  &  Bliss  should  decline  the 
pubHshing  of  the  Anthology.  It  was  accepted.  Supper 
was  over  by  nine  oclock,  this  being  the  first  evening 
since  the  autumnal  equinox. 

M""  Savage  read  a  review  of  Neef's  system  of  edu- 
cation, by  M""  R.  H.  Gardiner,  which  was  accepted. 

M"-  Shaw's  bill  was  ^8.75. 

Oct.  3,  1809 

This  being  the  anniversary  of  the  Society,  we  pro- 
ceeded after  supper  to  the  choice  of  Officers,  when 
Revd.  M""  Gardiner  was  rechosen  President,  M""  Emer- 
son Vice  Presdt.,  M'  Shaw,  Treasurer,  M*"  Savage 
Secretary  by  an  unanimous  vote.  M""  Emerson  read 
his  Silva  on  Gen'  GofFe,  which  was  accepted.  M'' 
Willard  read  his  Essay  on  translations,  which  was 
accepted. 

M'  Savage  read  a  Translation  from  the  French  by 
M""  Tudor,  relating  to  Rousseau,  which  was  accepted. 
He  then  read  a  Review  of  Allen's  History  of  Vermont, 
by  M''  R.  H.  Gardiner,  which  was  accepted.  He  then 
read  a  communication  sent  up  by  M""  Cooper,  stating 
that  he  had  not  expected,  when  he  undertook  to  sup- 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  205 

ply  us  with  weekly  entertainment  to  be  obliged  to  put 
us  in  so  poor  a  room  (we  met  in  the  Attick  !!)  and  in 
consideration  thereof  he  would,  if  the  gentlemen  could 
be  satisfied  with  their  accommodation,  include  in  his 
list  of  necessary  supplies  the  cigars  which  might  be 
wanted,  instead  of  making  additional  charge  for  them. 
This  was  received  by  the  gentlemen  with  satisfaction, 
arising  from  the  evidence  afforded  by  our  host  of  his 
anxiety  to  make  us  comfortable.  But  as  we  were 
equally  pleased  with  this  room  as  the  former,  it  was 
universally  agreed,  that  M""  Cooper  should  be  directed 
to  continue  on  the  footing  of  his  former  contract, 
and  the  Secretary  was  ordered  to  communicate  the 
information. 

D''  Kirkland  expressed  his  desire  to  write  some 
notice  of  Coelebs,  and  it  was  assigned  to   him. 

After  some  conversation  on  the  subject  of  the  two 
Biographical  Dictionaries,  D*"  Eliot's  and  M""  Allen's, 
and  running  through  the  long  list  of  those  gentlemen, 
who  might  do  it  very  well,  as  Judge  Davis,  M''  Free- 
man &c.  whose  names  are  mentioned  on  every  occa- 
sion, they  were,  on  motion  of  M""  Savage,  assigned  to 
D'  Kirkland.  The  D""  expressed  his  willingness  to 
undertake  and  perform  the  task,  but  said  he  could 
not  do  it  for  this  number  of  the  Anth.  Whereupon 
M""  Savage  moved,  that  he  be  desired  to  prepare  his 
Review  for  the  month  of  December;  which  was  or- 
dered, and  the  D""  seemed  to  think  he  had  abundant 
time  allowed  him. 


2o6  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

No  other  article  for  Silva,  being  offered,  M' 
Savage  complained  very  much.  On  motion  of  M' 
Savage,  the  tenth  volume  of  the  Hist.  Soc.  Collec- 
tions was  assigned  to  M'  Shaw  to  procure  a  Review 
from   M'  McKean,  if  he  can. 

M""  Savage  made  a  Report  about  the  publication 
of  the  Anthology,  and  moved  that  a  committee  of 
two,  M""  Shaw  and  himself  should  be  chosen  to  make 
a  new  contract  with   Thos.  B.  Wait  &  Co. 

Burnet  on  Prophecy  was  assigned  to  M''  Buck- 
minster,  as  was  Buchanan's  Sermon,  the  Star  in  the 
East.  On  motion  of  M""  Emerson,  the  Doctrines 
of  Christianity  were  assigned  to  him  to  desire  a  Review 
from   M'  Holley. 

Some  conversation  arose  at  different  times  about 
the  letter  of  Joel  Barlow  in  America  to  Gregoire, 
which  D""  Kirkland  and  M""  Buckminster  thought 
ought  to  be  published  In  our  work ;  but  M""  Shaw 
and  M''  Savage  disagreed  to  their  opinion  for  good 
reasons.  At  last  the  letter  was  referred  to  M^  S.  C. 
Thacher. 

M'  Shaw  reported  that  the  Review  of  Fisher 
Ames's  Works,  and  the  Review  of  Wilson's  Ornithol- 
ogy, upon  both  of  which  he  had  kept  somebody 
setting  a  long  while,  would  probably  be  hatched 
soon.  Surely  this  record  of  our  proceedings  is  on 
the  whole  very  encouraging,  bringing  to  mind  the 
former  days  of  Anthology  labour,  when  we  were  less 
compensated  for  our  labour. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  207 

The  President  was  absent,  and  M''  Emerson  in 
the  chair. 

M'  Stickney's  bill  was  $7.50. 

Oct.  10,  1809 

We  had  a  very  full  club,  nine  members  being 
present.  M""  Stickney  read  two  articles  for  Silva, 
on  D^  Watts,  and  on  D'  Johnson,  which  were 
accepted.  M""  Shaw  read  a  biography  of  Luzac,  trans- 
lated from  a  French  paper,  which  was  accepted.  M"" 
Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva  on  Elegy,  and  M' 
Tudor  one  on   M""  Hennett,^  which  were  accepted. 

M*"  Shaw  offered  to  the  Society  a  long  communi- 
cation on  D""  Jackson's  Brunonian  system,  on  which 
some  conversation  ensued.  It  was  in  the  shape  of  a 
Review,  which  it  was  said  we  ought  to  refuse  to 
publish,  because  we  acknowledge  it  as  the  digest  of 
our  own  sentiments.  It  was  also  said  we  ought  not 
to  print  it  as  a  communication,  because  we  should 
be  obliged  also  to  print  an  answer,  rejoinder  and  re- 
butter, which  would  deluge  the  Anthology  with  bar- 
barism. Finally  the  subject  was  referred  to  M' 
Tudor. 

M'  Savage  then  read  his  Review  of  Webster's 
Dictionary  of  great  length.  To  the  first  paragraph 
M""    Buckminster   objected    stoutly,  and    D'   Kirkland 

1  Albert  Joseph  Ulpien  Hennet,  author  of  *<Poetique  Anglaise,"  pub- 
lished in  three  volumes,  Paris,  1806. 


2o8  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

feebly,  but   the   majority   seemed   disinclined  to   reject 
it.     After  a  slight  alteration  in  one  or  two  places,  and 
striking  out  one  paragraph,  it  was  accepted. 
M'  S.  C.  Thacher's  bill  was  ^8.75. 


Oct.  17,  1809 

The  Society  was  thinly  attended.  M'  Savage  & 
M^  Stickney,  after  waiting  more  than  half  an  hour,  be- 
gan supper  by  themselves  and  just  as  we  had  finished 
D'  Kirkland  and  M""  Buckminster  arrived.  M''  Savage 
read  a  communication  signed  Benj.  Woodbridge,  which 
had  been  published  a  few  weeks  since  in  a  Boston 
newspaper,  and  which  therefore  he  hoped  might  be 
rejected.  But  the  gentlemen  seemed  to  think  other- 
wise, and  it  was  accepted,  M''  Buckminster  saying  he 
thought  it  might  do  well  enough  to  go  into  the 
Correspondence,  though  not   into  the  miscellany. 

On  motion  of  M""  Tudor,  Livingston's  Letter  on 
Sheep  was  assigned  to  him.  A  long  communication 
from  our  friend  R.  in  his  usual  diffuse  manner,  of 
which  the  club  endured  more  than  half,  was  accepted 
and  referred  to   M''  Savage. 

It  was  mentioned  that  M*"  Wait  desired  a  caption 
to  a  subscription,  and  the  subject  was  referred  to 
every  gentleman  present,  who  all  declined  the  duty, 
whereupon  it  was  referred  to  M""  Thacher.  M*"  Savage 
made  a  motion  about  the  form  of  communicating 
notice   of  his  election  to  any  corresponding  member, 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  209 

upon  which  some  conversation  ensued,  when  the  sub- 
ject was  referred  to  D'  Kirkland. 

M'  Tudor's  bill  was  ^8.23.    N.  B.  Supper  of  brants. 

Ort  9A      T8on  l^ideSept.  5.     Oct.  31.     Nov.  7.     Dec.  5. 
Ua  24,    1009  ^  Jan.  16.     Feb.  13.  zo 

We  had  a  very  profitable  club,  though  supper  was 
attend  by  only  four. 

M'  Thacher  read  his  Address  for  the  subscription 
paper,  which  was  accepted.  M''  Shaw  read  "  an- 
other castle  in  the  air,"  which  was  accepted,  M'' 
Stickney  voting  against  it.  M''  Buckminster  read 
an  acrostick  on  Miss  Hannah  Adams,  which  I 
believe  was  rejected,  for  we  were  in  such  a  roar  of 
laughter,  that  no  vote  could  easily  be  taken,  or 
remembered. 

D'  Kirkland  read  a  form  of  a  letter  to  Correspond- 
ing members  and  it  was  accepted.  M"^  Savage  is  to 
procure  them  to  be  printed. 

The  Yankee  in  London  was  assigned  to  M' 
Tudor. 

The  Society  proceeded,  seven  members  being  pres- 
ent, to  elect  Corresponding  Members,  when  John 
Pickering  was  chosen  and  M*"  Tudor  ordered  to 
Communicate  the  vote,  D""  Treadwell  to  be  informed 
by  M""  Shaw,  Governour  Smith  by  M""  Buckminster, 
M'  Webster  by  M'  Shaw,  M'  Haven  by  M' 
Willard,  M'  Davies  of  Portland  by  M'  Savage. 
Several    new    nominations    were    then    made,    scilicet, 

*4 


210  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M*"  Jenks  of  Bath,  Judge  Kent  of  Albany,  Professor 
Kingsley  of  New  Haven. 

The  Secretary  then  inquired  of  each  member  what 
he  would  contribute  for  the  next  month,  and  he  now 
makes  their  answers  part  of  the  record  to  observe 
how  closely  promise  and  performance  run  together. 
M'  Professor  Willard  promised  his  essay  on  the 
Roman  Poets,  M""  Thacher  animadversions  on  Bar- 
low's letter,  D'  Kirkland  a  Review  of  Coelebs  and 
an  article  for  Silva,  M'  Tudor  an  article  for  Silva, 
four  or  five  pages  of  Miscellany  and  a  Review  of 
Livingston's  Letter  on  Sheep,  if  he  can  procure  the 
book,  M""  Shaw  a  Review  of  Works  of  Fisher  Ames 
(not  written  by  himself)  M''  Buckminster  a  Review 
of  Thompson's  Septuagint,  but  nothing  was  said  about 
the  Remarker,  which  has  been  due  from  him  three 
months. 

M'  Wells's  bill  was  |8.82. 

Hrf   o  T      T  8nn  1  ^<^^  ^^P^-  5-      Oct.  14.     Nov,  7.     Dec.  5. 
Uct  31,    I«09  I  jj„    ,6      Yth.  13-20 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  club. 

M""  Savage  read  a  Communication  on  The  Rake, 
which  was  accepted.  A  letter  from  M""  Noah  Web- 
ster in  answer  to  our  rejoinder  to  his  answer  of  the 
Review  of  the  Grammar  was  read  by  M""  Shaw  and 
accepted.  M'  Tudor  read  an  article  for  Silva,  Theatre 
de  Hermitage,  which  was  accepted.  We  proceeded 
to    the    election    of   some    more    corresponding   m.em- 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  211 

bers,  when  M""  Norton  was  chosen,  and  M""  Savage 
is  to  communicate  the  vote,  M""  Frisbie  to  be  ad- 
dressed by  M'  Thacher,  M'  Merrill  by  M''  Stick- 
ney.  On  motion  of  D""  Kirkland,  the  persons  on 
nomination  as  Corresponding  members  belonging  to 
this  town  are  not  to  be  invited  to  attend  the  meet- 
ings. In  pursuance  of  this  order.  Judge  Davis  was 
chosen  and  D''  Kirkland  ordered  to  inform  him  of 
the  honour,  M"^  Quincy  to  be  informed  by  M"^  Shaw, 
and  Judge  Parker  by  M''  Savage,  and  M''  Lowell  by 
D"^  Kirkland.  Some  names  were  added  to  the  list 
of  nomination  as  Corresponding  members,  to  wit, 
Judge  Parsons,  P.  Thacher,  M'  T.  M.  Harris,  M' 
M'Kean,   M"^  Button. 

M'  Willard's  bill  was  I9.15. 

Nov^  7,  1809  I  ^'"^^  \t.  ?3.  ?;'•  ''•  '"■  °"  ^-  J"-  "• 

We  had  a  very  charming  club. 

M''  Shaw  offerred  a  journal  of  M""  Scollay  of  a  tour  to 
Seville,  which  was  referred  to  himself  and  M"^  Savage. 

M""  Emerson  offerred  two  articles  for  Silva,  on  old 
fashioned  orthography  and  on  James  Merrick,^  which 
were  accepted.  He  then  read  a  review  of  the  Christian 
Monitor  N°  VIII,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read 
two  or  three  translations  from  Anacreon  by  M*"  Big- 
low  of  this  town,  which  were  accepted.  M'  Savage 
read  a  very  long  article  for  Silva  on  Judgment  &  Mem- 

'  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford.  In  1768  he  published  a  transla- 
tion and  paraphrase  of  the  Psalms  of  David. 


212  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

ory,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read  a  Translation 
of  Anacreon's  Ode  to  the  painter  by  M'  Flint  ^  of 
Bridgewater,  which  was  accepted.  M"^  Shaw  read  four 
or  five  pages  of  M*"  Quincy's  Review  of  Fisher  Ames, 
which  the  Gentlemen  thought  very  well  of  and  ac- 
cepted it  without  finishing  the  reading  of  it.  It  was 
assigned  to  M"^  Thacher  for  verbal  emendation. 

M''  Stickney  read  two  articles  for  Silva,  a  translation 
of  the  Lord's  prayer  in  old  English  by  a  Pope,^  and 
some  Lines  of  Andrew  Marvell  on  Charles  I.  which 
were  accepted.  On  motion  of  M'  Savage  M'  Frisbie 
was  chosen  a  corresponding  member,  and  M*"  Thacher 
ordered  to  give  him  notice  of  it. 

On  motion  of  M""  Shaw  M*"  Paul  Allen  was  chosen 
a  Corresponding  member,  and  M""  Shaw  is  to  give 
notice  of  it.  On  motion  of  M'  Willard  Professor 
Kingsley  of  New-Haven  was  chosen  a  corresponding 
member  and  the  honour  is  to  be  communicated  by 
M""  Willard.  On  motion  of  M'  Shaw,  Professor  Silli- 
man  of  New-Haven  was  chosen  a  corresponding  mem- 
ber, and  M"^  Shaw  is  to  communicate  the  notice.  On 
motion  of  M''  Shaw  Judge  Kent  was  chosen  a  Corre- 
sponding member  and  the  notice  is  to  be  given  by 
D'  Kirkland. 

On  motion  of  the  President,  D'  Abercrombie  was 
ordered  to  stand  on  nomination.  On  motion  of  M"^ 
Shaw  M"^  J,  Q.  Adams  was  put  on  nomination. 

1  Probably  James  Flint,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Society  in  East 
Bridgewater,    1 806-1 8zi. 
'  Pope  Adrian  IV. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  213 

On  motion  of  the  Vice  President,  M'  Tudor  was 
ordered  to  write  the  address  to  the  publick  for  the 
ensuing  year. 

On  motion  of  M*^  Savage  M""  Shaw  was  directed  to 
ask  from  Miss  Lowell  ^  a  copy  of  her  letter  to  M" 
Grant  and  the  answer  for  publication  in  the  Anthology. 

M""  Buckminster's  bill  was  I9.40.  Supper  of 
Brants,  Anthology  stock  very  high. 

Nov.  14,  1809 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  M'  Emerson  took 
the  chair. 

M^  Thacher  read  from  M""  Frisbie  a  Translation 
of  an  Ode  of  Horace  Tu  ne  quaesieris^  and  also  an 
Imitation,  which  were  accepted. 

M""  Buckminster  read  an  irregular  Poem,  called  the 
Storm,  which  he  had  borrowed  from  the  author.  The 
club  did  not  wish  to  borrow  it. 

M'  Buckminster  read  his  Review  of  Thompson's 
Septuagint,  which  was  accepted.  Mr.  Willard  read  his 
Essay  on  the  Translations,  which  was  accepted.  M' 
Savage  read  three  articles  for  Silva,  on  Dryden,  on 
Steele,  and  on  Hebrew,  which  were  from  M'  Ticknor, 
and  were  accepted.  M*"  Savage  then  read  a  Retro- 
spective Review  of  Neal's  N.  England  by  D"  Eliot, 
which  was  accepted. 

1  Miss  Anna  Cabot  Lowell.     See  also  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
Proceedings,  for  May,  1904,  p.  302. 
*  Horace's  Odes,  Book  1,  Ode  11. 


214  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

On  motion  of  M*"  Savage  M""  Ticknor  was  nomi- 
nated as  a  member  of  this  Society. 

M'  Shaw  and  M'  Tudor  were  absent  at  a  ball,  but 
we  did  well  enough  without  them. 

M*^  Emerson's  bill  was  $8.62.  Supper  of  wigeons 
and  teal. 

Nov  21,  1809 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice  President 
we  had  a  very  pleasant  club.  M""  Shaw  read  a  long 
letter  from  New-York  about  M''  Webster,'^  which  was 
accepted.  M""  Savage  read  a  review  of  Roberts  on 
Frauds,  which  was  accepted,  understood  to  come  from 
Manlius  Sargent.  M'  Tudor  read  a  Review  of  Liv- 
ingston on  Sheep,  which  was  accepted.  D""  Kirkland 
read  part  of  his  review  of  Coelebs,  which  was  accepted. 
M'  Shaw  and  M*"  Savage  were  chosen  a  Committee  to 
make  a  contract  with  any  printers. 

M'  President's  bill  was  |8.82. 

Nov.  27,  1809 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  M'  Emerson  pos- 
sessed the  chair.  We  had  a  good  club  enough,  though 
Shaw  was  absent.  No  business  was  done,  M''  Tudor 
read  part  of  his  address,  which  was  very  well  liked. 
D'  Kirkland's  bill  was  |8.6o. 

Our   meeting   this    evng.   was    in  consequence  of  a 
ball  to  be  given  tomorrow. 

1  Noah  Webster. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  215 

Dec.  c,  180Q  !  T'^'^/Vk  °''-  "'^^  ^'-  ^'''•^- 

In  the  absence  of  the  Presdt,  M'  Emerson  held  the 
chair. 

He  first  read  a  Communication  from  M'  Freeman 
about  a  new  rule  for  getting  the  Cube  root,  which  was 
accepted  and  an  order  passed  that  M'  Emerson  request 
the  author  to  permit  the  demonstration  to  accompany 
the  rule.  He  then  read  his  article  for  Silva,  on  Self 
Command,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Savage  then  read 
a  Review  of  Monis's  Hebrew  Grammar,  from  Mj  Harris 
of  Cambridge,  which  was  accepted. 

M""  Tudor  read  his  Address,  which  was  accepted  and 
referred  to  D*"  Kirkland.  He  then  read  a  long  com- 
munication, purporting  to  be  a  translation  of  a  letter 
from  a  Frenchman  here  to  his  friend,  describing  this 
town,  which  was  accepted  with  gratulation. 

M''  Emerson  then  informed  the  Society  that  he  had 
long  had  it  in  contemplation  to  resign  his  seat  as  an 
actual  member  of  the  Society,  and  had  been  delayed  only 
by  a  wish  to  see  us  liberated  from  our  pecuniary  em- 
barrassments. He  then  moved  that  he  might  be  per- 
mitted to  resign.  After  a  proper  expression  of  their 
sentiments  by  several  of  the  Gentlemen,  the  vote  was 
passed. 

On  motion  of  M'  Shaw  M'  Emerson  was  nominated 
as  a  corresponding  member.  M"^  Emerson  assured  us 
he  would  assist  the  publication  as  much  as  ever.  He 
invited  us   to    dine  with    him   on   Thursday  sennight 


2i6  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

which  was  gladly  accepted.  On  motion  of  M''  Emer- 
son, M*"  Thacher  was  chosen  a  Corresponding  member, 
and  M^  Savage  is  ordered  to  communicate  it. 

On  motion  of  M^  Shaw,  D""  Eliot  was  put  on  nomi- 
nation as  a  Corresponding  member,  and  also  M""  Free- 
man on  motion  of  D'  Kirkland.  We  had  a  very  pleas- 
ant evening.  M""  Emerson  sat  till  ten  minutes  before 
twelve.  M""  Savage's  bill  was  ^8.60.  A  parcel  of 
stuff  signed  Atticus,  was  transmitted  from  N.  York, 
which  was  read  by  M""  Savage,  who  moved  its  rejection 
and  a  couple  of  lines  in  answer,  which  was  agreed  to. 

Dec.  12,  1809 

We  had  some  difficulty  in  getting  supper.  In  the 
absence  of  the  President,  M""  Savage  had  the  chair. 

M'  Thacher  read  two  translations  of  ^  Mater  saeva 
cupidinum  and  of  the  ^  Ode  to  Dellius,  by  our  friend 
Frisbie,  which  were  accepted.  The  society  after  sup- 
per proceeded  to  ballot  for  a  Vice  President,  when  D"" 
Kirkland  was  chosen.  M'  Savage  read  a  piece  of 
poetry  on  a  dream,  which  was  accepted.  M''  Buck- 
minster  read  a  long  letter  from  Noah  Webster  in  an- 
swer to  our  review  of  his  Dictionary,  which  was  loaned 
to  him  by  Judge  Davies,  and  not  offerred  for  the  An- 
thology. The  gentlemen  thought  it  would  be  well  to 
publish  it  in  our  work,  and  passed  a  vote  to  that  effect. 
He  then  read  a  fine  long  burlesque  poem  "  The  Paint 

*  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i,  Ode  19. 
'  Horace's  Odes,  Book.  2,  Ode  3. 


THE   SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  217 

king"  by  our  friend  Alston,  which  was  accepted.  He 
then  read  a  Note  to  the  Historical  Society,  which  was 
accepted. 

On  motion  of  M'  Shaw  J.  Q.  Adams's  Lectures 
were  assigned  to   M'  Thacher. 

M'  Savage  made  a  Report  about  the  printers,  rep- 
resenting that  T.  B.  Wait  &  Co.  would  take  the 
Anthology  for  five  years,  and  give  four  hundred  & 
fifty  Dollars  for  the  three  first  years,  and  five  hundred 
Dollars  for  the  two  next  years ;  or  they  would  take  it 
for  three  years  and  give  four  hundred  Dollars  a  year. 
The  Gentlemen  agreed  to  take  the  first  offer. 

M'  Shaw's  bill  was  $S.6o. 

Dec.  14,  1809 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  dinner  at  M'  Emerson's. 

There  was  of  course  little  business  done.  The  Me- 
moirs of  the  Am.  Academy  were  assigned  to  M''  Wil- 
lard  to  procure  a  Review  from  M""  Farrar. 

The  Trial  of  the  Witnesses  M'  Emerson  was  de- 
sired to  review.  More's'  Hebrew  Grammar  was  as- 
signed to  M""  Savage  for  M'  Harris. 

Dec.  19,  1809 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  we  had  a  very  good 
club.  On  motion  of  M""  Willard,  M"-  Baldwin's 
pamphlet  was  assigned  to  M'  Tudor.  On  motion  of 
M'    Savage    Grotius   de  Veritate   was   assigned  to  M*" 

1  Properly  Moore. 


2i8  THE   ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Thacher.  On  motion  of  D'  Kirkland  Campbell's 
Lectures  on  Theology  were  assigned  to  him  to  request 
a  notice  from  W""  Channing.  M""  Savage  read  the 
Retrospective  Review  of  Neal's  history  from  D"^  Eliot, 
which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage  Calef  on  witchcraft  was 
assigned  to  D""  Kirkland.  M'^  Stickney's  bill  was 
$8.07. 

Dec.  16,  1809 

We  had  a  small  party,  only  three  at  supper  and  two 
afterwards.  M""  Savage  read  a  short  communication 
from  M""  Head,  which  was  accepted.  The  affair  of 
the  contract  was  once  more  submitted  to  the  Society. 
M""  Tudor  read  a  Letter  from  a  German  Baron 
with  an  enormous  name.  M""  Thacher's  bill  was 
$7.90. 

This  is  the  seventh  evening  In  succession  which  we 
have  passed  without  the  President. 

Jan'  2,  18 10 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  D""  Kirkland  pos- 
sessed the  chair.  M^  Savage  read  translations  of  two 
Odes  of  Horace,  Cur  me  querelis  exanimas  tuis  ^  & 
Integer  vitae,^  by  M''  Flint,  which  were  accepted.  He 
then  read  his  article  for  Silva,  Rome,  which  was  ac- 
cepted.    No  other  member  produced  any.     D""  Kirk- 

1  Horace's  Odes,  Book  2,  Ode  17. 
*  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i,  Odezz. 


THE   SOCIETrS   JOURNAL  219 

land  read  a  long  answer  to  the  Review  of  Coelebs, 
which  was  pointless,  and  was  rejected.  D'  Kirkland 
is  requested  to  write  an  acknowledgment  of  its  being 
received.  Tales  of  Fashionable  Life  were  assigned  to 
M*"  Tudor,  and  Knickerbocker's  New-York  to  M' 
Buckminster. 

M'  Tudor's  bill  was  $j.6o. 

Jan'  9,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  very  charming  session,  though  the  Presi- 
dent was  absent.  M""  Norton  from  Brunswick,  a 
Corresponding  Member,  was  present. 

M'  Savage  first  read  a  Communication  from  D*" 
Eliot  on  an  article  in  the  appendix  of  Neals  History 
of  New-England,  wh*"  was  accepted.  He  next  read  two 
articles  for  Silva,  Buchanan  and  Criticks,  from  our 
friend  Ticknor,  which  were  accepted.  M'  Willard  read 
his  Essay  on  Translations,  No  9,  which  was  accepted. 
D""  Kirkland  read  an  article  for  Silva,  containing  an 
extract  from  Search's  Light  of  Nature,  which  was 
accepted.  He  then  read  an  Editorial  article  on  the 
Comments  upon  the  Review  of  Coelebs,  which  was 
accepted. 

On  motion  of  M''  Buckminster  Bristed's  book  on 
the  Bankruptcy  of  Great  Britain  was  assigned  to  M"" 
Tudor.  M'  Tudor  then  read  his  article  for  Silva,  Ety- 
mology. On  motion  of  M'  Willard,  Professor  Farrar 
was  nominated  as  a  member  of  the  club. 

M'  Buckminster,  declining  the  honour  of  reviewing 


220  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Knickerbocker,  it  was  assigned  to  Tudor.      Cheetham's 
life  of  Tom  Paine  was  assigned  to  M""  Stickney. 
M'  Wells's  bill  was  ^8.05. 


*y^v,v   T^     T  Q  T  r^  5 '^■'^*  ^^P*-  5-     Oct.  24.    31.     Nov.  7.     Dec.  5.     Feb.  13. 

Jan    lb,  i»io^        Yea.  20. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  D'  Kirkland  had 
the  chair.  We  had  a  very  pleasant  club,  enlivened  by 
our  long  absent  brother  R.  H.  Gardiner.  On  motion 
of  M""  Savage  M""  Emerson  was  chosen  a  Correspond- 
ing member,  and  the  Vice  President  is  to  communicate 
the  election.  On  motion  of  D""  Kirkland,  Ordered^ 
That  the  account  of  D""  Hosack's  botanical  garden  be 
republished  in  the  Anthology,  as  Intelligence. 

A  new  book  on  the  Genius  and  Institutions  of  the 
French  Empire  was  assigned  to  M""  Tudor  to  procure 
a  Review  from  M""  Lowell.  Nothing  was  read  this 
evening,  though  Reviews  were  accepted  from  D' 
Kirkland,  M'  Buckminster  and  M*"  Tudor. 

On  motion  of  M'  Tudor,  Ordered.^  That  M""  Savage 
receive  and  examine  M'  Tudor's  Review  of  the 
Yankee  in  London  for  publication  this  month.  On 
motion  of  M"^  Shaw  Williams's  History  of  Vermont 
was  assigned  to  M""  R.  H.  Gardiner. 

M' Willard's  bill  was  ^8.75. 

The  President,  by  proxy,  invited  the  club  to  dine 
with  him  next  week,  perhaps  to  expiate  his  repeated 
negligence. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  221 

Jar^  23,  1 8 10 

The  club  were  gladdened  by  the  appearance  of  the 
President.  The  only  business  done  was  a  reading 
by  the  Secretary  of  a  short  poem,  signed  Androscus, 
which  was  not  accepted. 

Nr  R.  H.  Gardiner  mentioned  that  he  had  a  long 
review,  but  he  was  afraid  to  read  it.  M'  Buck- 
minster's  bill  was  I9.20. 

The  Society  was  very  full,  and  the  Secretary  slept 
very  sedately. 

Jan'  30,  1 8 10 

M'  Savage,  M""  Shaw  &  M"^  Thacher  ate  supper 
alone.  In  the  absence  of  the  President  D"^  Kirkland 
had  the  chair. 

M"^  R.  H.  Gardiner  read  his  Review  of  Belknaps 
N.  Hampshire,  which  was  accepted.  M'  Shaw  read 
a  communication,  signed  Biblicus,  on  Thompson's 
Septuagint,  which  was  not  accepted,  and  M'  Shaw  said 
he  would  shew  it  to  M''  Buckminster. 

M''  Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva ;  Napoleon, 
which  was  not  accepted.  M""  Shaw  offered  a  com- 
municat[ion]  in  38  pages  from  our  friend  Steady 
Habits,^  which  was  referred  to  the  Editor. 

On  motion  of  M""  Shaw,  D"^  Buist's  Sermons  were 
assigned    to    D""   Kirkland    to    request    a    review    from 

1  Benjamin  Douglass  Perkins,  a  bookseller  of  New  York.  Referred  to 
in  Felt's  Memorials  of  W.  S.  Shaw  (1852),  pp.  274,  323. 


222  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

M^    Gary/     On    motion    of   M^   Tudor    D*-    Griffin's 
Sermon  was  assigned  to  M'  Buckminster. 
M'  R.  Gardiner's  bill  was  $8.72. 

Fehry.  6,  18 10 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  evening,  the  President  in 
the  chair. 

M''  Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva  from  M""  Ticknor, 
Mythology,  which  was  accepted.  M''  Thacher  read  an 
article  for  Silva,  De  Retz,  which  was  accepted.  M"" 
Tudor  read  an  article  on  Wit,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M''  Tudor  Silliman's  Travels  were 
assigned  to  M""  Thacher.  A  unanimous  vote  was 
passed  on  the  suggestion  of  the  President,  that  M"" 
Shaw  should  give  the  Society  a  dinner.  This  was  in 
the  absence  of  the  Treasurer,  but  he  was  soon  after 
informed  of  it.  M''  Shaw  read  a  very  compliment- 
ary letter  from  M''  Lowell  in  answer  to  our  election 
of  him  as  an  honourary  member.  On  motion  of  M' 
Savage  D'  Buist's  sermons  were  taken  from  D''  Kirkland 
and  assigned  to   M^  Willard. 

D""  Kirkland  read  an  article  for  Silva  Reason  & 
Religion,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read  an 
Indian  Speech  from  his  late  father's^  journal,  on 
which  it  was  Voted,  That  he  be  requested  to  make 
extracts  from  the  journal  for  the  Anthology.  M' 
Shaw   read  a   Poem    of  considerable   length,    Myrtilla, 

1  Perhaps  Thomas  Greaves  Gary,  Harvard  1811,  v?ho  later  studied 
law  with  Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher,  and  was  President  of  the  Boston 
Athenjeum,    1846-1859.      Or  perhaps  the  Rev.  Samuel  Gary. 

*  Samuel  Kirkland,  a  missionary  among  the  Indians. 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  223 

which  he  received  from  our  friend  Alston,  which  was 
accepted  con  amove. 

M'  President's  bill  was  $8.90. 

Fph     T-J      tRtd     I  Vide  Sept.  5.    Oct.  14.    31.    Nov.  7.    Dec.  5. 
reO.    13,    1010      ^  Jan.  13.     Feb.  20. 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  session,  D""  Kirkland  in 
the  chair.  M"^  Savage  read  his  article  for  Silva,  Con- 
jectural Criticism,  which  was  accepted.  He  then  read 
a  Review  of  M''  Moore's  Hebrew  Dictionary  and 
Grammar,  which  was  from  M""  Harris  of  Cambridge, 
and  was  accepted.  M''  Shaw  offerred  a  long  Review 
of  M*"  Day's  Reports,  which  was  accepted,  from  M^ 
Hart  of  Danbury. 

M""  Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva  from  M' 
Ticknor,  Savage^  &  Dermody,^  which  was  accepted. 
M""  Savage  then  read  two  translations  of  Ode  24 
Book  I  of  Horace,  by  M^  Norton  and  by  M' 
Head,  which  were  accepted.  On  motion  of  M' 
Shaw  M''  Day  of  Hartford  was  chosen  a  corres- 
ponding member  of  the  Society  and  M""  Shaw  is  to 
communicate  it.  M'  Tudor  read  his  Review  of 
Knickerbocker's  History,  which  was  accepted.  D' 
Kirkland's  bill  was  $7.60. 

N.  B.  Supper  of  Quails. 

1  Richard  Savage,  i696(?)-i743,  the  English  poet,  whose  works  were 
collected  and  published  in  1775,  with  Johnson's  "Life  of  Savage" 
prefixed. 

2  Thomas  Dermody,  bom  in  Ireland,  1775;  died  near  London,  1802, 
An  Irish  poet  whose  works  were  published  as  "The  Harp  of  Erin,"  in 
1807. 


224  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Feb.  20,    iSloJ^'p^b^'fj^-     ^"•='+-     3'-    Nov.  4.     Decs.    Jan.  16. 

M*"  Savage  and  M""  Stickney  were  the  only  gentle- 
men at  the  supper  table,  but  afterwards  came  in  D' 
KIrkland,  M'  Tudor,  M""  Buckminster  and  M^  Shaw. 
M'  Buckminster  read  part  of  his  Review  of  D' 
Griffin's  Sermon,  which  was  very  acceptable. 

On  motion  of  M'  Savage  M"^  Perkins  of  New- 
York  was  nominated  as  a  corresponding  member. 
On  motion  of  M'  Stickney,  M''  Head  was  nomi- 
nated as  a  member  of  the  Society.  On  motion  of 
M'  Shaw,  Minot's  Rebellion  was  assigned  to  M' 
Savage. 

M'  Savages  bill  was  $y.6o. 

Feb.  27,  1 8 10 

The  club  was  very  well  attended,  though  the 
President  was  absent.  No  business  was  done,  except 
that  M'  Savage  ofFerred  a  Review  of  Judge  Swift's 
System  of  Evidence  &c.  received  under  cover  of  a 
letter,  signed  Juridicus,  on  which  he  wished  some 
order ;  but  the  Gentlemen  would  not  allow  it  to  be 
read,  and  it  was  referred  to   M*"  Savage. 

M""  Shaw's  bill  was  I7.75. 

March  6,  18 10 
M'  Savage  was   alone  at  Club   till   half  past   nine. 
D'    Kirkland    had    the    chair.     M'    Tudor    produced 
a  translation   from   the    French  for   intelligence.     On 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  225 

motion  of  M'  Shaw,  Caldwell's  oration  was  assigned 
to  M""  Savage.  M'  Tudor  read  an  article  for  Silva, 
on  D'  Gall,  which  he  afterwards  threw  into  the  fire, 
saying  he  would  give  a  better  one.  M'  Savage 
read  two  poems,  one  on  the  Crusades,  the  other  the 
Drama  of  Human  Life,  both  signed  Androscus,  which 
were  not  accepted. 

M'  Stickney's  bill  was  I7.45. 

March  13,  18 10 

We  had  more  Gentlemen  at  club,  both  at  supper 
and  after  than  have  been  seen  some  time.  In  the 
absence  of  the  President,  D'  Kirkland  had  the  chair. 

Before  supper  M'  Willard  read  an  article  for  Silva, 
on  Bombast,  of  which  his  example  had  been  formerly 
printed  in  the  Anthology,  but  when  he  heard  that, 
he  put  it  into  the  fire.  M'  Savage  read  an  article 
for  Silva,  on  Gray's  Elegy,  which  was  accepted.  He 
then  read  a  poem,  entitled  the  Ligniad  by  M' 
Head,  which  was  accepted.  He  next  read  a  poem 
about  a  Comet  &c,  by  Aliquis,  on  which  M''  Stick- 
ney  made  a  pun,  all  a  quiz,  whereupon  the  poem 
was  not  accepted.  M''  Thacher  after  supper  read  a 
poem,  called  the  Paintbox  by  M""  Frisbie,  which 
was  accepted.  He  then  read  a  most  delightful  long 
review  of  J.  Q.  Adams's  Lectures,  which  was  re- 
ceived by  all  with  decided  approbation  ;  but  the  first 
paragraph  and  the  concluding  sentence  of  the  last 
was  objected  to,  on  account  of  its  mention  of  poli- 
os 


226  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

ticks.  A  discussion  ensued,  on  the  propriety  of  re- 
taining these  passages,  when  M"'  Buckminster  & 
M""  Shaw  were  for  striking  out,  and  M''  Tudor  & 
M"^  Savage  for  retaining.  A  vote  was  taken,  when 
there  appeared  three  for  each  side,  and  the  Vice 
President  gave  it  for  retaining.  M'  Tudor  ob- 
served, this  was  only  the  rough  draft  of  his  work, 
and  he  would  modify  and  qualify,  as  might  be 
thought  best.  M''  Tudor  read  a  pretty  long  and 
very  appropriate  review  of  the  Book  on  the  genius 
and  institutions  of  the  French  empire,  which  was  ac- 
cepted. Some  oblique  observations  were  made  on 
the  absence  and  neglect  of  the  President,  who  has 
appeared  but  twice  at  club  for  more  than  four 
months  and  has  not  afforded  a  line  for  nine  months. 
M'  S.  Thacher's  bill  was  $j.go. 

March  20,  18 10 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  meeting,  well  attended,- 
in  the  second  story  of  Cooper's  once  more.  M' 
Buckminster  read  a  continuation  of  his  Review  of 
Thompson's  Septuagint.  M''  Savage  read  a  piece 
of  poetry,  signed  T.  which  was  accepted.  On  motion 
of  M'  Savage  M""  Head  was  chosen  a  member  of 
this  Society. 

M-^  Tudor's  bill  was  $8.90. 

March  27,  18 10 
This  evening  M'  Head  appeared  as   a  member  of 
this    Society.      In    the    absence    of  the    President    D' 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  227 

Kirkland  had  the  chair.     M'  Shaw  read  a   Review  of 
Peters's  History  of  Connecticut  by  Professor  Kingsley 
of  New-Haven,  which  was  accepted  and  referred   to 
M'  Thacher  for  a  correction  of  Connecticutisms. 
M"-  Wells's  bill  was  $8.40. 

April  2i  1 8 10 

We  had  but  a  small  number  of  the  faithful  at  club 
this  evening  at  the  new  place  of  meeting  at  Williams's 
Court.  M"^  Tudor  read  a  disquisition  on  matters  in 
general,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Willard's  bill  was 
$8.40.     The  President  &  V.  President  both  absent. 

April  10,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  better  meeting  than  last  week,  D'  Kirk- 
land in  the  chair.  M""  Savage  read  part  of  a  tremen- 
dous long  communication  from  our  friend  R.  in  his 
usual  stile.  It  was,  I  believe,  accepted,  and  referred 
to  M'  Savage  for  tinkering.  He  next  read  an  article 
for  Silva  on  Etymology,  by  M'  Ticknor,  which  was 
accepted.  He  next  read  a  Review  of  Caldwell's  and 
Jay's  Orations,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Shaw  offered 
a  piece  of  poetry,*  not  his  own,  as  a  continuation  of 
Collins's  Ode  to  the  Passions,  which  was  accepted. 
M""   Tudor    read    his    Review    of  Bristed,   which    was 

*  By  Miss  Eliza  Townsend,  a  Boston  poetess,  1 789-1 854,  who  con- 
tributed anonymously  to  The  Monthly  Anthology,  the  Port  Folio,  and  other 
periodicals. 


228  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

accepted,    and  referred   to    D'    Kirkland   for    addition 
of  what  he  might  think  proper. 
M'  Buckminster's  bill  was  |8.20. 

April  17,  1 8 10 

We  had  seven  gentlemen  at  club  this  evening, 
though  the  President  &  V.  President  were  absent. 

M""  Shaw  read  two  articles  for  Silva  from  M'  Als- 
ton, on  Luca  Guerdano  ^  &  Anibal  Caracci,^  which 
were  accepted.  M""  Thacher  read  a  prayer  by  M' 
Frisbie,  which  was  accepted.  M""  Savage  read  an  ar- 
ticle for  Silva,  Logical  Division,  which  was  accepted. 

M'  Gardiner's  bill  was  I8.90. 

April  24,  1810 

The  meeting  was  composed  of  only  five  members, 
the  President  &  V.   P.   both  absent. 

M"^  Shaw  offerred  a  translation  of  an  Ode  of  An- 
acreon  by  M""  Oilman  ^  of  Cambridge,  which  was  ac- 
cepted. He  also  offerred  a  fable,  by  a  lady,  which  was 
accepted.  M""  Savage  a  translation  from  Mimnermus 
by  M'  Haven  of  Portsmouth,  which  was  accepted 
for  Silva. 

Most  of  the  evenings  conversation  was  upon  the 
election  of  Overseers  of  Harvard  University,  of  whom 
we  made  an  excellent  list. 

M""  Head's  bill  was  I8.75. 

*  Luca  Giordano,  the  Italian  painter. 
'  Annibale  Carracci,  Italian  painter. 

'  Samuel  Gilman,  Unitarian  clergyman  and  author,  a  graduate  of  Har- 
vard in  1 8 1 1 . 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  229 

May  I,  1 8 10 

The  V.  Presdt  had  the  chair.  M'  Wlllard  read  his 
Essay  on  translations,  which  was  accepted.  A  pam- 
phlet on  Climate,  published  at  Philadelphia  was  as- 
signed to  M""  Savage.     No  other  business  was  done. 

D'  Kirkland's  bill  was  $y.go. 

May  8,  18 10 

The  Vice  President  had  the  chair.  M*"  Thacher 
read  two  hymns  from  our  friend  Frisbie,  which  were 
accepted.  M'  Head  read  an  Ode  on  Spring,  which 
was  accepted.  D"^  Kirkland  read  an  article  for  Silva, 
Advice,  which  was  accepted.  M'  Stickney  is  punctual 
at  supper  but  brings  nothing  for  the  Anthology. 

M'  Savages  bill  was  $8.60. 

May  15,  18 10 

The  Vice  President  had  the  chair. 

M""  Savage  read  a  Review  of  Miss  Smith's  Frag- 
ments, from  an  unknown  friend,  which  was  accepted. 
He  then  [read]  two  poetical  translations,  one  of  Beatus 
ille^  from  Horace,  and  the  other  of  an  epigram 
of  Burman,  signed  K.  from  Cambridge,  which  were 
accepted.  D''  Kirkland  read  part  of  his  Review  of 
the  two  Biographical  Dictionaries,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  M*^  Savage  a  vote  was  passed  to 
request   a   Memoir  of  Gen'   Lincoln^  from  D'  Ware,^ 

^  Horace's  Epodes,  No.  II. 

'  General  Benjamin  Lincoln  died  at  Hingham  May  9,  18 10. 
8  Henry  Ware,   HoUis  Professor  of  Divinity   at  Harvard,   1805-1845, 
previously  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Hingham,  1 787-1 805. 


230  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

and    M'   Willard   was    ordered    to    communicate   this 
vote. 

M'  Shaw's  bill  was  I8.45. 

May  22,  18 10 

M'  Shaw  read  a  queer  letter  from  Judge  Woodward 
to  the  Editors  of  the  M.  A.  &  B.  R.  about  the  Review 
of  his  book.  M'  Savage  ofFerred  a  Retrospective  Re- 
view of  Turell's  Life  of  Colman  by  D'  Eliot,  which 
was  not  read,  but  referred  to  M"'  Buckminster.  M' 
Shaw  read  two  pieces  of  Poetry  from  Newbyport, 
inclosed  in  a  letter,  signed  Philos,  which,  after  some 
demur  about  the  first  piece,  were  accepted  unanimously, 
only  one  member  voting.  The  President,  we  suppose, 
has  abdicated. 

M'  Stickney's  bill  was  ^7.60. 

May  29,  1 8 10 
We  had  a  meeting  sufficiently  pleasant,  though  no 
business  was  done.     The  Vice  president  had  the  chair. 
M''  Savage    ofFerred   to    read  something  for  Silva,  but 
was  not  allowed  to.     M'  Thacher's  bill  was  $7.60. 

June  5,  1 8 10 
We  had  a  thin  club,  but  a  pleasant  one.  M*^  R.  H. 
Gardiner  appeared  after  long  absence.  The  P  & 
V  P  were  absent.  M'  Savage  had  the  chair.  He 
read  first  a  communication  on  the  Education  of  the 
deaf  and    dumb,  from    a   M'  Mann,^  which   was   ac- 

1  The  article,  which  appears  in  volume  8,  pages  363-367,  is  signed 
C.  M.  Mann,  and  dated  at  New  York. 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  231 

cepted.  He  then  read  part  of  a  long  Review  of  D' 
Smith's  Lectures  by  M'  Norton,  which  was  accepted, 
and  referred  to  M^  Thacher.  He  then  read  three 
articles  for  Silva,  Ingratitude,  Fate  of  Cats,  and  Fine 
writing,  which  were  accepted.  No  other  gentleman 
produced  any  matter  for  Silva  or  anything  else. 

On  motion  of  M'  Thacher,  Ramsay's  Revolution, 
New  Edition,  was  assigned  to  R.  H.  Gardiner. 

M^  Tudor's  bill  was  I7.50. 

June  12,  1 8 10 

After  an  absence  of  unnumbered  weeks,  the  Presi- 
dent appeared  at  the  club,  and  it  is  hardly  necessary 
to  add,  that  our  evening  was  very  pleasant.  Every 
member  of  the  Society  was  at  the  meeting,  an  event  of 
almost  as  rare  occurrence  and  portending  perhaps  as 
much  as  any  prodigy  of  Livy.  Willard  handed  to 
the  Secretary  his  Remarks  on  Roman  poets,  and  read 
an  article  for  Silva,  Erasmus,  which  was  accepted.  M"" 
R.  H.  Gardiner  had  a  Review  in  his  pocket  of  Williams's 
Vermont,  but  the  President  would  not  hear  it  read,  and 
it  was  referred  to  M""  Savage.  On  motion  of  the 
President  M''  Ticknor  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
Society,  and  M'  Buckminster  is  to  inform  him.  M"" 
Head  read  some  lines  on  May,  which  were  accepted. 

M'  Wells's  bill  was  $9.20. 

June  19,  1 8 10 
M*"  Ticknor  was  welcomed  as  a  member  of  the  club, 
which  was  pretty  well  attended,  eight  gentlemen  being 


232  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

present  at  one  time  and  another.  M""  Tudor  read  three 
articles  for  Silva,  which  were  accepted.  He  then  read 
part  of  his  Review  of  SilHman,  which  was  accepted  and 
assigned  to  D""  Kirkland.  M'  Savage  read  part  of  the 
Retrospective  Review  of  New  Canaan  by  D'  Eliot, 
which  was  accepted  and  referred  to  M""  Buckminster. 
He  next  read  a  Review  of  Williams's  Vermont  by  R. 
H.  Gardiner,  which  was  accepted  and  committed  to  M'' 
Savage  for  correction.  M''  Shaw  communicated  the 
grateful  information,  that  he  had  this  morning  received 
two  hundred  Dollars  on  account  of  the  Anthology. 
M"-  Willard's  bill  was  $8.60. 


June  26,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  pleasant  club,  sufficiently  attended. 

The  Vice  President  in  the  chair.  M"'  Savage  read 
an  article  for  Silva,  Shakspeare  well  quoted,  which 
was  accepted.  D*"  Kirkland  read  part  of  the  continua- 
tion of  his  review  of  the  Biographies.  M""  Savage, 
after  a  long  speech,  moved  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed 
to  pay  as  soon  as  convenient  all  the  money  heretofore 
paid  to  him  as  assessments  by  the  present  members  of 
the  Society,  according  to  a  schedule  then  by  him  ex- 
hibited amounting  to  $264,  which  resolution  was 
passed. 

M^  Buckminster's  bill  was  $8.12. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  233 

July  2>,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  evening.  M""  Davies  of 
Portland  was  present.  In  the  absence  of  the  President 
and  Vice  President,  M""  Savage  had  the  chair. 

M""  Stickney  read  an  article  for^  Silva,  Burke-Milton, 
which  was  accepted.  M'  Savage  read  a  review  of  an 
Essay  on  the  Climate  of  the  United  States,  which  was 
accepted. 

M-^  President's  bill  was  p.6o. 

July  10,  1 8 10 

M'  Savage  was  alone  at  club  until  the  bell  was  done 
ringing  nine.  Eheu  !  We  had  only  three  members  of 
regular  standing  present.  M'  Savage  had  the  chair, 
and  read  a  translation  of  the  first  ode  of  Anacreon,  and 
a  translation  of  Horace's  Integer  vitae,  signed  Z.  which 
were  accepted. 

He  then  produced  a  psalm  &c.  by  Mann  of  330 
Greenwich  Street,  New- York  and  read  two  verses 
thereof,  and  gave  it  up  as  a  bad  job.  He  then  read 
an  article  for  Silva,  Old  English,  by  M"^  Tudor,  which 
was  accepted.  M''  Ticknor  read  articles  for  Silva, 
CuUoden,  Friendship,  Aboriginal  Wit,  which  were 
accepted. 

After  supper  M'  Davies  of  Portland  joined  us. 

M--  Head's  bill  was  I7.90. 

1  Written  *«for  for". 


234  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

July  17,  1810 

We  had  a  pleasant  club  enough,  seven  members 
being  present.  On  account  of  the  absence  of  the 
President  and  Vice  President,  M""  Savage  had  the 
chair.  Nott's  works  were  assigned  to  M""  Ticknor. 
M'  Savage  reported  to  the  club,  that  he  expected  a 
Review  of  Thacher's  Dispensatory  and  a  Retrospective 
Review  of  New  Canaan  from  D"^  Gorham  and  D' 
Eliot,  whereupon  it  was  voted  that  they  be  referred 
to  M'  Savage  and  M''  Buckminster  for  acceptance. 
Some  conversation  followed  on  the  subject  of  admitting 
M""  Bigelow  to  our  Society,  but  M''  Wells  had  gone, 
and  our  number  was  too  small  to  allow  a  vote  to  be 
taken. 

D'  Kirklands  bill  was  $7.60.  M'  Thacher  read 
a  charming  piece  of  poetry,  addressed  to  M'^  Calhoun 
of  Charleston  (S.  C.)  from  our  friend  Frisbie,  which 
was  accepted. 

July  24,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  supper  time.  In  the  absence 
of  the  President  and  V.  P.  M'  Savage  had  the  chair. 

M""  Ticknor  read  an  Ode  to  a  hand-organ  from  our 
friend  Bigelow,  which  was  accepted.  On  motion  of 
IVP  Savage,  seconded  by  M'  Shaw,  M'  Bigelow  was 
chosen  a  member  of  our  Society,  and  M'  Ticknor 
was  ordered  to  communicate  the  honour. 

M'  Savage's  bill  was  ^7.90. 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  235 

July  31,  18 10 

We  had  a  charming  full  club,  with  the  Vice 
President  in  the  chair.  M""  Savage  read  the  con- 
clusion of  the  Review  of  Smith's  Lectures,  which 
was  accepted.  M""  Savage  expressed  great  uneasiness 
about  the  Retrospective  Review  for  next  month,  upon 
which  Adams's  Poems  were  assigned  to  D''  Bigelow. 
That  gentleman  was  prevented  from  taking  his  seat 
this  evening  by  sickness.  On  motion  of  M'  Shaw, 
an  anonymous  treatise  on  Chancery  Jurisdiction  was 
assigned  to  M""  Savage  that  he  may  procure  a  Review 
from  Judge  Parker.  On  motion  of  M''  Savage 
Oberon  was  assigned  to  M'  Ticknor.  M""  Shaw's 
bill  was  1 8.7 5. 

M""  Savage  read  two  articles  for  Silva,  Unexpected 
Reply,  and  Wit  in  Sermons,  which  were  accepted. 


Aug.  7,  1 8 10 

The  supper  table  was  not  very  well  attended,  only 
four  being  present.  However  the  V.  P.  came  in  after- 
wards and  took  the  chair,  and  D"^  Bigelow  appeared  in 
his  seat. 

M'  Shaw  read  from  our  friend  Haven,  Anacreon's 
5  Ode,  literally  translated  and  a  Review  of  Memoirs  of 
M""^  Carter,  which  were  accepted.  M""  Savage  read 
two  Articles  for  Silva,  Parallel  Translations  and  Ti- 
bullus,  which   were    accepted.     M'   Ticknor   read   an 


236  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Article  for  Silva,  Ridiculous  Literary  Blunders,  which 
was  accepted. 

M'  Stickney's  bill  was  |8.io. 

Aug  14,  18 10 

We  had  a  pleasant  club  enough,  the  Vice  President 
in  the  chair,  and  supper  of  woodcocks.  M""  Bigelow 
read  his  Retrospective  Review  of  Adams  poems, 
which  was  accepted.  M'  Ticknor  read  his  Review  of 
Sotheby's  Wieland's  Oberon,  which  was  accepted.  M' 
Savage  reported  to  the  Society  that  he  had  a  letter  from 
M""  S.  Thacher,  to  whom  our  friend  Norton's  Review 
had  been  referred,  in  which  M""  T.  demurs  upon  the 
topick  of  the  criticism  and  thinks  the  Society  ought  to 
decide.  The  paragraph  was  upon  the  sublimity  of  the 
Jewish  scriptures,  and  after  being  read,  it  was  univer- 
sally agreed  that  it  should  be  printed  with  a  sentence 
of  qualification  from  M'  T's  letter.  D''  Kirkland 
read  PART  of  his  review  of  the  Biographical  Dic- 
tionaries, which  was  very  acceptable.  M""  Savage  read 
part  of  a  long  Examination  of  the  Eclectick  Review 
of  the  Improved  Version  of  the  N.  T.  which  is 
from  a  Unitarian  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  same  was 
referred  to   M""  Buckminster. 

M'  Ticknor's  bill  was  $8.15. 

Aug  21,  18 10 
We  had  a  very  pleasant  club,  the  V.  P.  in  the  chair. 
M'  Haven  of  Portsmouth  was  with  us.      D"^  Kirkland 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  237 

read  the  conclusion  of  his  Review  of  the  Biog.  Diet, 
which  was  accepted.  On  motion  of  M''  Savage  D"" 
Porter's  Sermon  was  assigned  to  M'  Thacher.  On 
motion  of  M'  Shaw  Freneau's  Poems  were  assigned  to 
M'  Bigelow. 

M"-  Thacher's  bill  was  p.20. 

Aug.  28,  1 8 10 

The  Secretary  was  absent.  The  Vice  Presdt.  had  the 
chair.  M^  Haven  of  Portsmouth  was  at  supper.  M' 
Shaw  kept  the  record  and  relates  that  the  Lady  of  the 
Lake  was  assigned  to  M'  Stickney.  M""  Bigelow  read 
a  review  of  Raciad,  which  was  accepted.  Murray's 
grammar  was  assigned  to  M*"  Savage. 

M-^  Wells's  bill  was  p.27. 

Sept  4,  1 8 10 

The  club  was  not  very  fully  attended.  The  Vice 
President  had  the  chair,  and  the  supper  was  of  dough 
birds.  A  long  communication  from  M""  Vaughan  on 
mad  dogs  was  referred  to  D""  Bigelow.  M""  Savage  read 
two  articles  for  Silva,  Names  of  Merchant  Vessels,  and 
an  Invitation  to  dinner,  which  were  accepted.  D'  Bige- 
low read  an  Essay  against  the  Athenaeum,^  which  was 
accepted. 

On  motion  of  M*"  Shaw  The  History  of  Printing  was 
assigned  to  D""  Eliot  for  Review.     On  motion  of  M"" 

^  The  ironical  essay  appeared  in  October,  1810,  under  the  heading 
"  Levity." 


238  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Savage  a  Committee  of  two  Stickney  and  Savage  were 
chosen  to  inspect  the  Treasurer's  accounts.  On  motion 
of  M"^  Shaw,  D""  Kirkland  was  directed  to  solicit  of 
M""  Alston  a  copy  of  his  poem  for  publication  in  the 
Anth.  The  Secretary  got  a  short  nap,  and  the  Society 
broke  up  (credite  posteri)  before  eleven  oclock. 
M^  Willard's  bill  was  p. 25. 

Sepf  II,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  very  thin  meeting,  only  Messrs  Savage, 
Stickney  &  Bigelow  being  at  supper.  M""  Buckminster 
came  in  afterwards.  M""  Savage  had  the  chair.  D' 
Bigelow  read  an  imitation  of  Anacreon  from  his  cousin,^ 
hight  Sawney,  which  was  accepted.  M'  Savage  pre- 
sented an  Essay  on  the  Superiority  of  justice  to  gener- 
osity ;  but  he  read  it  so  ill,  or  it  was  so  stupid  that  the 
frequent  interruptions  compelled  him  to  stop,  and  no- 
body moved  for  its  acceptance.  M""  Bigelow  read  for 
Silva,  Hours  of  Study,  and  Poets,  which  were  accepted. 
M'  Savage  read  for  Silva  an  article  from  M'  Head  at 
Balston,^  Early  Hours,  which  was  accepted.  He  then 
read  an  article  for  himself.  Carelessness  of  Dryden, 
which  was  accepted. 

D'  Bigelow's  bill  was  |8.oo. 

>  WilHani  Biglow,  a  second  cousin  of  Dr.  Jacob  Bigelow.  He  was  Master 
of  the  Boston  Latin  School,  1 805-1 814. 

'  Ballston  Spa,  then  a  fashionable  watering  place  in  Saratoga  County, 
New  York, 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  239 

Sepr  18,  18 10 

We  had  a  full  and  pleasant  club.  D'  Kirkland  was 
in  the  chair.     Supper  of  mongrel  goose  and  veal  cutlet. 

M'  Savage  read  a  translation  of  an  Ode  of  Horace 
Et  thure  et  fidibus  juvat^  &c  which  came  from  Portland 
but  he  threw  it  down  before  he  got  above  half  through, 
and  nobody  seemed  inclined  to  take  it  up ;  whereupon 
&c.  Dr.  Bigelow  read  his  Retrospective  Review  of 
Freneau's  poems,  of  which  one  or  two  extracts  were 
thought  deserving  of  admission,  and  one  or  two  not ;  but 
the  Review  was  accepted  with  pleasure.  The  Committee, 
appointed  to  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer,  re- 
ported that  there  remained  in  his  hands  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  sixty  seven  Dollars,  forty  nine  cents.  The 
report  was  accepted.  On  motion  of  M''  Savage  D' 
Bartlett's  address  was  referred  to  Bigelow  for  review. 
M'  Buckminster's  bill  was  I8.50. 

Septr.  25,  1 8 10 

The  seats  were  very  well  filled.  Dr.  Kirkland  was 
in  the  chair.  M""  Norton,  one  of  our  corresponding 
members  was  present. 

M'  Shaw  read  a  Review  of  the  Report  on  the  sub- 
ject of  a  first  Meridian  for  this  Country,  by  M'  Bow- 
ditch,^  which  was  accepted.  Revd  M*"  Gardiner's  bill 
was  $9.00. 

>  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i,  Ode  36. 

'  Nathaniel  Bowditch,  mathematician  and  astronomer. 


240  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Oct.  2,    181O 

We  had  a  pleasant  club  of  six  at  the  supper  table. 
Dr.  Kirkland  came  in  afterwards.  Dr.  Bigelow  read 
an  article  for  Silva,  Inventions,  M'  Ticknor  one  on 
Milton  &  Addison,  and  M''  Savage  two.  Female 
Education,  &  Physicians,  which  were  all  accepted. 

M^  Head's  bill  was  ^8.25. 

Oct.  9,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  fine  pleasant  session,  D^  Kirkland  in 
the  chair. 

M""  Shaw  offered  a  Review  of  D""  Jno.  C.  Warren's 
Treatise  on  Organick  Diseases,  understood  to  come 
from  D*"  Gorham,  which  was  referred  to  D""  Bigelow. 
M""  Secretary  reminded  the  Society  that  it  was  the  sea- 
son for  the  annual  election  of  Officers,  whereupon  D"" 
Kirkland  wished  to  decline  a  reelection  in  consequence 
of  his  new  avocation,^  but  was  overruled  by  the  desires 
of  the  gentlemen. 

In  the  ballot  it  appeared  that  all  the  old  officers  were 
unanimously  rechosen.  Euge  !  Mr.  Emerson  grati- 
fied us  with  his  company.  No  gentleman  was  fur- 
nished with  Silvan  lucubrations. 

M""  Thacher  read  a  glorious  long  review  of  D' 
Porters  Sermon,  which  was  accepted. 

D^  Kirkland's  bill  was  $9.00. 

'  Mr.  Kirkland  had  been  elected  president  of  Harvard  University. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  241 

Oct.  16,  1 8 10 

We  had  an  extraordinary  full  club,  eleven  members 
being  present.  Dr.  Kirkland  was  in  the  chair.  M' 
Savage  read  a  long  communication  in  poetry,  a  Sum- 
mer's Evening,  from  Providence,  signed  Meliboeus, 
which  produced  much  laughing,  but  the  piece  was  not 
accepted.  M""  Thacher  read  a  fine  epitaph  written  by 
one  of  our  friends  upon  himself,  but  it  was  only  for  our 
amusement  and  not  intended  for  the  Anth.  M'  Head 
read  a  poem  from  the  French  of  Bernard,  which  was 
accepted. 

Mr.  Savage's  bill  was  ^9.00. 

Oct.  23,  1810 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  supper,  enlivened  by  the  at- 
tendance of  the  President  and  M""  R.  H.  Gardiner. 
No  business  was  done.     Supper  of  very  fine  ducks. 

M""  Shaw's  bill  was  ^9.00. 

Oct.  30,  18 10 

We  had  a  pleasant  session  enough,  but  no  business 
was  done. 

M'  Stickney's  bill  was  $8.60. 

Nov.  6,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  pretty  good  session,  D'  Kirkland  in  the 

chair. 

On  motion  of  M'   Head,  a  Committee  was  chosen 

16 


242  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

to  request  of  a  gentleman,  M"^  Coolldge/  a  meteor- 
ological journal,  and  M""  Head  was  appointed  to  that 
duty. 

M""  Savage  read  two  articles  and  M""  Ticknor  read 
three  for  Silva,  the  other  gentlemen  were  dry.  M^ 
Willard  offered  his  Essay  on  Roman  poets,  which  was 
accepted. 

M-"  Ticknor's  bill  was  $8.60. 

Nov.  13,  1 8 10 

We  had  only  five  gentlemen  at  supper.  Mr.  Savage 
in  the  chair. 

M'  Stickney  read  his  review  of  The  Lady  of  the 
Lake,  which  was  accepted.  M''  Ticknor  read  a  Retro- 
spective Review  of  the  Adventures  of  Updike  Underhill, 
from  our  friend  Haven,  which  was  accepted.  M"  Head 
made  a  report  on  the  meteorological  subject,  to  him 
referred,  and  produced  the  weather  of  last  month. 

M^  Thacher's  bill  was  ^8.50. 

Nov.  20,  18 10 

We  had  only  four  gentlemen  at  supper.  M""  Savage 
read  a  Review  of  our  friend  D'  Eliot  on  Thomas's 
History  of  printing,  which  was  accepted  and  referred 
to  M''  Ticknor.  M""  Ticknor  read  an  account  of  the 
Inauguration'^  at  Cambridge  from  our  friend  Norton. 

M--  Wells's  bill  was  ^8.00. 

»  William  Coolidge  (?). 

2  That  of  President  Kirkland,  which  took  place  on  the  fourteenth  of 
November. 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  243 

Nov,  27,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  pretty  good  company  to  divide  a  mongrel 
goose  of  surpassing  beauty.  Our  friend  Norton  was 
present,  and  promised  to  write  the  address  of  the  Edi- 
tors for  next  volume,  but  immediately  after  retracted, 
and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Savage  Montgomery's  W.  Indies 
was  assigned  to  him  for  review,  which  he  undertook. 

On  motion  of  M^  Shaw  a  Journal  by  W""  Scollay 
Esq'  was  subjected  to  him  &  Mr.  Savage  to  select  such 
parts  as  might  seem  fit  for  publication.  M''  Ticknor 
read  a  Review  of  M*^^  Warren's  History  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  which  he  had  received  under  cover  of 
a  letter  from  Portsmouth.  The  Society  debated  upon 
it,  and  it  was  agreed  to  be  inexpedient  to  publish  it. 
Miss  L.  Aikin's  Epistles  on  Women  were  assigned 
to  D"^  Bigelow  for  Review. 

Mr.  WiUard's  bill  was  $8.50. 

Dec.  4,  1 8 10 

We  had  a  pleasant  supper  enough  in  spite  of  the 
storm,  four  gentlemen  partaking  and  one  coming  in 
afterwards.  Mr.  Savage  read  an  article  for  Silva,  Call- 
ing names,  which  was  accepted.  D"^  Bigelow  read  an 
Ode,  My  grey  goose  quill,  which  was  accepted. 

D'  Bigelow's  bill  was  ^8.00. 

Dec.  II,  1 8 10 
We   had    six    gentlemen    at    supper.       M''    Ticknor 
produced    many   articles    for   Silva,   covering    eight   or 


244  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

ten  pages,  and  D""  Bigelow  half  as  many,  which  were 
referred  to  M'  Savage  to  select  what  he  pleased  for 
publication. 

M""  Cooper  informed  us  that  our  Revd  President 
had  withdrawn  his  name  from  the  Society.  Du  Pon- 
ceau's translation  of  Bynkershoek  was  assigned  to  M"^ 
Ticknor,  and  Bartlett's  Aphorisms  to  M'  Shaw  for 
M'  Alston,  and  Weems's  Life  of  Washington  to  D' 
Bigelow.  M'  Head  informed  that  this  was  the  last 
evening  he  should  meet  with  us.  On  motion  of  D"" 
Bigelow  W"  Crafts  ^  was  nominated  as  a  Corresponding 
member. 

M'  Buckminster's  bill  was  |8.oo. 

Dec.  1 8,  I  Bio 

We  had  a  supper  for  ten,  attended  by  three,  blue 
billed  widgeon  and  smelts. 

D"'  Bigelow  read  his  review  of  Weems'  Life  of 
Washington,  which  was  accepted.  M'  Ticknor  read 
his  account  of  Zerah  Colburn.^  Mr  Savage  read  some 
observations  upon  Genius,  from  an  unknown  corre- 
spondent, signed  Z.  pretty  near  the  end  of  the  alpha- 
bet, of  which  I  do  not  recollect  the  fate. 

D"-  Kirkland's  bill  was  p.oo. 

1  William  Crafts,  bom  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  1787  ;  died  Lebanon 
Springs,  New  York,  1826.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  in  1805  ;  a 
lawyer  at  Charleston  ;  editor,  for  a  time,  of  the  Charleston  Courier ;  and 
author  of  "The  Raciad,"  reviewed  in  The  Monthly  Anthology  for  Septem- 
ber, 1 8 10,  volume  9,  page  198. 

2  Zerah  Colburn,  the  mathematical  phenomenon,  born  in  Vermont, 
1804.  For  the  account  of  him,  see  The  Monthly  Anthology  for  December, 
18 10,  volume  9,  pages  427-429. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  245 

Dec.  26,  1 8 10 

Last  evening  being  Christmas,  the  club  was  adjourned 
to  tonight.  We  had  only  five  gentlemen  at  supper. 
On  motion  of  M''  Savage  Ordered,  That  the  Treasurer 
be  directed  to  pay  to  all  the  present  members  of  the 
Society  the  first  round  of  their  bills,  beginning  with 
October  11  and  running  on  to  Jan^"  25,  that  is  to 
say  to  Mr  Buckminster  ^7.84  Dr  Kirkland  9.98 
Mr  Savage  |8.8i  Mr  Shaw  $10.12  Mr  Stickney 
I10.28  Mr  Thacher  ^8.70  Mr  Wells  $10.49  Mr 
Willard  $9.12. 

Mr.  Savage's  bill  was  $7.60. 

Jan^  I,  181 1 

We  had  the  pleasantest  meeting  that  has  been  wit- 
nessed a  long  time,  six  members  present.  M""  Savage 
read  the  annual  preface,  by  M""  Willard,  which  was 
accepted  and  referred  to   M^  Thacher. 

M""  Thacher  introduced  the  subject  of  having  M' 
Norton  as  Editor,  and  a  long  conversation  ensued,  in 
which  the  low  state  of  Anthology  stock  was  fully  dis- 
cussed. At  last  on  motion  of  Mr.  Savage  the  subject 
was  referred  to  a  Committee  of  three,  Mr.  Shaw,  Mr. 
Thacher  &  Mr.  Savage. 

D""  Bigelow  read  a  parody  of  Collins's  Ode  in  an 
irresistible  strain  of  humour,  which  was  accepted. 

Mr.  Shaw's  bill  was  $j.6o. 


246  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Jan^  8,  1811 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  club,  Illuminated  by  the 
presence  of  our  Honble.  and  Revd.  Vice  President. 

The  Gentlemen  talked  chiefly  of  the  future  pros- 
pects of  the  Anthology.     Nothing  was  read. 

M""  Stickney's  bill  was  ^7.60. 

Jan^  15,  181 1 

We  had  a  tolerable  club  of  five  gentlemen. 
M^  Ticknor  read  his  Review  of  Bynkershoek,  trans- 
lated by  Duponceau,  which  was  accepted. 
M'  Thacher's  bill  was  $7.60. 

January  22,  18 II 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  and,  as  I  hope,  not  un- 
profitable meeting.  M*"  Savage  read  a  short  com- 
munication signed  Amicus,  on  which  no  order  was 
taken.  M""  Savage  read  a  letter  from  M'  Norton  to 
M""  Thacher  on  the  subject  of  the  Editorship  of  the 
Anthology.  M'  Norton  was  present,  and  a  long 
conversation  ensued,  in  which  he  expressed  himself 
willing  to  undertake  the  labour,  provided  he  might  be 
assured  of  five  hundred  Dollars  this  current  year,  and 
a  percentage  on  the  increase  of  subscribers,  whereupon 
Ordered^  That  M""  Savage  be  a  committee  to  communi- 
cate with  Messrs  Wait  &  Co.  on  that  subject.  M' 
Buckminster  seemed  to  think,  we  had  better  pledge 
ourselves  to  afford  such  a  number  of  pages  in  aid  of 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  247 

the  Editor,  but  though  this  was  generally  assented  to, 
no  vote  passed  thereon. 

M""  Ticknor's  bill  was  |8.oo. 

Jan^  29,  1 81 1 

We  had  an  unusually  pleasant  meeting,  though  all 
the  mirth  arose  from  the  disaster  of  the  Anthology. 
M^  Savage  read  a  letter  from  T.  B.  Wait  &  Co. 
printers  of  the  Anthology,  in  which  they  represent, 
that  the  number  of  subscribers  has  decreased,  is  de- 
creasing and  will  probably  decrease  more,  so  that  the 
sum  of  I450  by  them  paid  to  the  Society  the  last  year 
may  be  considered  wholly  lost.  Ordered^  That  a  call 
of  the  Society  be  made  for  next  Teusday  evening,  and 
that  M'  Ticknor  give  the  notification.  It  seemed  to 
be  thought  that  the  Anthology  might  stop  where  it 
was,  or  might  be  continued,  if  adequate  exertions  were 
made  in  a  short  time. 

M""  Wells's  bill  was  ^7.50. 

Tuesday  evenings  Feb.  5,  181 1  * 
The  call  of  the  club  produced  a  full  meeting,  only 
one  member  being  absent.  The  momentous  question 
of  the  continuance  or  dissolution  of  the  Anthology  was 
very  humourously  discussed,  and  there  was  on  the 
whole  but  one  opinion  and  that  was  that  the  club 
would  not  suffer  it  to  be  sent  to  Its  account  with  so 
little  ceremony  and  that  they  would  support  it  totis 
viribus,  until  the  present  volume  shall  be  completed — 
that  it  would  be  very  much  to  our  discredit  to  have  it 

*  The  records  are  now  in  Mr.  Ticknor's  handwriting. 


248  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

stop  at  the  commencement  of  this  year  after  a  suc- 
cession of  indifferent  numbers  and  on  the  whole  that  it 
shall  never  die  until  it  carry  with  it  the  regret  of  the 
publick. 

This  fearful  subject  being  so  comfortably  adjusted, 
and  finding  there  was  a  quorum  for  business,  it  was 
thought  proper  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  a  Presi- 
dent and  the  Rev.  &  Honble.  D''  Kirkland  was  unani- 
mously chosen,  Mr,  Savage  was  preferred  to  the  seat 
of  Vice-president  which  was  thus  vacated  and  Mr. 
Ticknor  was  directed,  in  his  stead,  to  hold  the  secretary's 
pen.  M^Knight  on  the  Epistles  was  assigned  to  Mr. 
Thacher, 

Mr.  Willard's  bill  was  17,50. 

Feb.  12,  18 1 1 

M''  Norton  was  with  us  and  notwithstanding  our 
number  was  small,  our  meeting  was  pleasant,  M"" 
Savage,  D''  Bigelow  and  M""  Ticknor  produced  mat- 
ter enough  to  make  a  respectable  Sylva,  in  addition 
to  which  D''  B.  read  an  Essay  on  Grave-yards,  which 
was  accepted,  with  a  salvo,  that  it  should  be  preceded 
by  an  editorial  note,  that  it  was  inserted  because  it  was 
ingenious  and  not  because  we  acceded  to  all  the  senti- 
ments it  contained.  He  also  read  a  humorous  trans- 
lation of  the  Dragon  of  Wantley  into  doggrel  latin, 
which  was  also  accepted. 

D*"  Bigelow's  bill  was  $7.50.  Mr.  Ticknor  read  a 
review  of  Coody  on  Banks,  which  was  accepted. 


^r^myy-  ^^' 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  249 

Feb.  19,  181 1 

M'  Stickney  and  M'  TIcknor  were  the  only  per- 
sons at  the  supper  table.  D'  Bigelow  came  in  after- 
wards but  no  business  was  transacted.  M''  Buck- 
minster's  bill  was  $ 

Feb.  26,  18 1 1 

The  Society  had  a  tolerable  meeting  notwithstand- 
ing a  violent  storm  had  rendered  all  passing  nearly 
impracticable. 

The  Sec''  read  an  article  for  Silva  from  the  late  Pres' 
Adams  and  a  piece  of  Intelligence  from  Hon.  J.  Q. 
Adams,  which  were  accepted.  Mr.  Willard's  Essay  No. 
13.  and  a  review  of  the  Law  of  Patents  were  brought 
by  M""  Savage  and  accepted.  The  members  took 
notice  of  their  duty  to  fill  the  Silva  at  the  next 
meeting. 

D^  Kirkland's  bill  was  $ 

March  5,  181 1 

We  had  a  pleasant  though  unproductive  meeting, 
illuminated  for  a  few  moments  by  the  presence  of  our 
former  friend  M*"  Dana.  No  business  was  done  and 
no  communications  were  read. 

Mr.  Savage's  bill  was  $ 

March  12,  18 11 
Four    members    only   took   their    seats.     The    Vice 
President     read    some     translations    from     our    friend 


250  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Frlsbie,  one  of  which  was  accepted  &  the  other  post- 
poned. D"  Bigelow  produced  four  articles  for  Silva 
on  Dreams,  Philology,  Stage  Players  &  Humanity 
Rewarded.  M''  Ticknor  read  two :  on  the  Study  of 
the  Law  and  Baldness.  He  also  undertook  to  read 
some  poetry  from  an  unknown  friend,  entitled  the 
Manlack  but  was  interrupted  and  the  further  consider- 
ation of  the  piece  indefinitely  postponed.  It  was 
intimated  that  we  might  soon  expect  a  review  of  our 
late  President's  sermon ;  which  was  thereupon  referred 
for  emendation  to  D^  Kirkland. 
IVP  Shaw's  bill  was  $ 

March  19,  18 1 1 

No  one  appeared  at  supper  except  M''  Savage  & 
Mr.  Ticknor  and  notwithstanding  M'  Stickney  & 
D''  Bigelow  came  in  afterwards,  we  had  a  very  dull 
meeting.  A  momentary  excitement  was  produced  by 
the  reading  of  a  Latin  translation  of  Giles  Scroggins* 
Ghost  by  D'  B.  but  it  soon  subsided  and  after 
assigning  Lathrop  on  false  teachers  to  Prof.  Willard 
and  Inchiquin's  letters  to  M""  Ticknor  with  very  little 
prospect  of  obtaining  a  review  from  either,  the  gentle- 
men separated. 

M''  Stickney's  bill  was 

March  26,  1811 
We  had  an   excellent  time,  the  president   being   in 
the  chair  and  five  other  members  in  their  seats.     The 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  251 

conversation  was  general,  so  that  the  Anthology  was 
almost  forgotten  until  our  Cambridge  friends  were 
gone,  when  D*"  Hosack's  pamphlets  on  the  Elgin 
Garden  were  assigned  to  D"^  Bigelow  and  Du  Fief's 
new  French  Dictionary  with  the  tremendous  title 
page  and  appalling  frontispiece  was  given  over  to  M"" 
Ticknor. 

M"'  Savage  commenced  the  reading  of  seven  or 
eight  pages  of  communications,  but  was  suffered  to 
finish  only  one,  before  they  were  thrown  under  the 
table. 

The  Secretary  indulged  in  a  short  nap  and  then 
arose  and  walked,  leaving  three  members  still  in 
session. 

M""  Thatcher's  bill  was 

April  2,  181 1 

The  club  met  for  the  first  time  in  the  attick  story  of 
Minot's  house  in  Court  Street.  It  certainly  ought  to 
be  noted  as  a  curious  coincidence  of  circumstances,  that 
in  the  very  room  where  we  now  met,  the  Anthology 
had  been  printed  several  years  &  there  seen  its  best  as 
well  as  its  worst  days. 

Whether  we  were  inspired  by  the  Genius  Loci  or 
animated  by  the  grotesque  appearance  of  our  new 
supper-room,  we  had  a  very  pleasant  meeting  though 
our  number  was  small. 

Mr.  Ticknor's  bill  was 


252  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

April  9,  1 8 1 1 

The  Society  were  in  fine  spirits  owing  probably  to  the 
return  of  Mr.  Shaw  after  a  long  &  severe  illness. 
His  presence  was  doubly  welcome,  as  he  brought  with 
him  a  quaint  essay  on  government,  which  might  perhaps 
have  been  better  called  a  note  on  Spencer  and  a  further 
communication  on  the  subject  of  Franklin's  motto, 
both  from  President  Adams.  He,  however,  dissipated 
some  of  the  gaiety  he  had  enkindled  by  informing  us 
that  our  printers  peremptorily  refused  to  pay  their 
quarterly  instalments,  two  of  which  are  now  due.  The 
propriety  of  compelling  them  to  an  adjustment  of  ac- 
counts was  debated  but  the  final  question  was  reserved 
to  a  fuller  meeting.  Mr.  Savage  read  an  essay  from 
Rev.  Mr.  Harris  on  the  question  who  was  the  author 
of  "  The  Whole  Duty  of  Man,"  which  was  accepted  & 
an  Oration  on  Eloquence  from  somebody  in  Providence, 
which  was  rejected.  The  Secretary  alone  brought  a 
contribution  to  the  sylva,  which  consisted  of  two  pieces, 
one  on  Hypercriticism  and  one  on  Bish^  Fleetwood. 

Mr.  Welles'  bill  was 

April  16*''  i8ii 

We  had  a  full  meeting  and  a  delightful  time.  Indeed 
so  much  of  our  time  was  occupied  in  pleasant  conversa- 
tion that  business  was  quite  neglected  and  after  several 
efforts  to  bring  the  dispute  with  our  printers  before  the 
Society,  it  was  at  last  referred  to  the  discretion  of  Mr. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  253 

Shaw  to  make  such  an  arrangement  with  them  as  he 
shall  see  fit.  The  President  retired  early  and  after  he 
was  gone  Mr.  Buckminster  read  an  extract  from  an 
anonymous  letter  on  religious  tolerance  which  was  ac- 
cepted. D'  Bigelow  produced  a  Sylva  on  Travelling 
containing  an  Imitation  of  some  Ode  in  the  i"  book  of 
Horace:  I  believe  it  was  Icci  beatis  ^  etc.  Mr.  Ticknor 
read  three  pieces  of  poetry  from  Mr.  Frisbie ;  aye  four, 
viz  two  Translations,  one  from  Ovid  &  the  other  from 
Jortin's^  Lusus  Poetici  and  two  addresses  to  Hygeia. 
Mr.  Willard's  bill  was 

April  23,  181 1 

The  Secretary  was  absent ;  but,  Dr.  Bigelow  reports 
in  his  stead,  that  the  meeting  was  thin  and  no  business 
was  done.  He  does  not  even  recollect  that  the  name 
of  the  Anthology  was  mentioned  during  the  whole  even- 
ing. Since  the  last  meeting  an  accomodation  has  been 
made  with  our  printers  by  which  it  is  provided  that  the 
publication  shall  continue  until  the  conclusion  of  the 
present  volume  and  that  the  society  relinquish  their 
claims  to  the  salary  for  this  year.  Nothing,  however, 
was  determined  respecting  the  arrearage  due  on  the  first 
of  January  last,  so  that  there  is  yet  one  fine  opportunity 
left  for  a  quarrel. 

D'  Bigelow's  bill  was 

1  Horace's  Odes,  Book  i,  Ode  29. 

2  John  Jortin,  whose  "Lusus  Poetici"  was  published  in  London,  1748. 


254  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

April  30,  1 8 1 1 

The  Secretary  was  detained  from  the  club  by  sickness. 

On  the  authority  of  Mr.  Savage  and  to  the  discredit 
of  the  Society,  he  again  records  that  few  members  were 
present  and  no  business  done. 

Mr.  Buckminster's  bill  was 

May  7,  18 1 1 

D'  Bigelow  again  reports  instead  of  the  Secretary 
who  remains  indisposed,  that  nothing  was  produced  or 
acted  upon  this  meeting.  Prospects  for  this  month  not 
very  flattering. 

D'  Kirkland's  bill  was 

May  14,  181 1 

Mr.  Cooper  alone  is  able  to  furnish  a  record  of  the 
proceedings  this  evening.  Mr.  Welles  went  at  the 
usual  time,  but  being  unwilling  to  sit  down  to  a  solitary 
supper,  he  left  the  covers  unmoved  and  after  waiting 
half  an  hour  went  away.  He  had  but  just  gone  when 
Mr.  Savage  entered,  but  meeting  no  one  and  finding 
himself  less  pleasant  company  than  he  liked,  he  too 
departed  and  with  him  fled  all  hopes  of  collecting 
enough  members  to  make  a  session.  Nigro  notanda 
Capillo} 

Mr.  Savage's  bill  was 

1  "To  be  marked  with  a  black  stone,"  referring  doubtless  to  the  cus- 
tom mentioned  by  Latin  authors  of  marking  lucky  days  with  white  and  un- 
lucky ones  with  black  stones. 


THE  SOCIETY'S  JOURNAL  255 

May  21,  181 1 

We  had  a  very  charming  meeting,  no  member  being 
absent  except  Mr.  Welles.  D'  Kirkland  read  an  ex- 
cellent and  jocose  review  of  the  Life  ofWheelock  and 
D""  Bigelow  read  some  remarks  on  two  of  Hosacks 
books  about  his  garden  at  Elgin  ;  both  of  which  were 
accepted.  Much  conversation  was  had  about  the  ma- 
terials for  filling  the  last  Anthology.  On  inquiry  it 
was  found  that  D'  Bigelow  and  the  Secretary  had  fur- 
nished nearer  the  number  of  pages  for  which  they  were 
pledged,  than  any  of  the  members;  but,  all  promised  fair 
for  the  concluding  number. 

Mr.  Thacher  has  committed  himself  for  the  last 
words  and  dying  speech ;  Mr.  Willard  promises  seven 
pages;  Mr.  Buckminster  eight;  Dr.  Kirkland  enough 
to  make  twenty  pages  in  the  whole  &  Mr.  Ticknor 
five,  but,  Mr.  Savage  &  D'  Bigelow  obstinately  per- 
sisted that  they  would  not  furnish  a  line  &  on  the 
whole  there  is  a  greater  probability  that  they  will  keep 
their  promise  than  that  the  first  will. 

The  club  sat,  one  and  all  until  near  midnight. 

Mr.  Shaws  Bill  was 

May  28,  181 1 

The   Secretary   was    out    of  town   but    D'   Bigelow 
informs,  that  they  had  a  full  and  pleasant  meeting. 
Mr.   Stickney's  bill  was 


256  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

June  5,  Wednesday^  181 1 

The  club  was  postponed  to  accomodate  Mr. 
Cooper,  and  did  not  meet  until  this  evening.  The 
meeting  was  small  and  no  business  was  done. 

Mr.  Thacher's  bill  was 


June  II,  1 81 1 

We  had  a  full  club  and  a  pleasant  session. 

Mr.  Thacher  read  his  Address  to  be  prefixed  to  the 
last  number.  It  was  written  in  his  happiest  manner 
and  if  on  no  other  account  at  least  on  this,  the  Anthol- 
ogy may  boast  non  omnis  moriar.  We  shall  indeed 
perish  with  a  halo  of  splendour  about  us.  The  ironical 
solemnity  of  the  address  ^  was  admirably  adapted  to  the 
languor  and  indifference  of  the  Society  and  was  read 
amid  bursts  of  laughter. 

After  the  clerical  members  had  gone  D*"  Bigelow 
read  a  translation  and  travestie  of  one  of  the  Idylls 
of  Moschus.  The  Sec^  read  two  articles  for  Sylva 
and  an  account  of  an  old  poem  by  one  Geo:  Cockings, 
the  subject  matter  of  which  was  furnished  by  our  cor- 
responding friend,  Mr.  Haven.  They  were  all  accepted 
and  the  Soc :  dispersed  a  little  after  midnight  in  fine 
spirits. 

1  See  pages  zi-25  of  this  volume. 


THE  SOCIETY'S   JOURNAL  257 

June  i8j  181 1 

The  Society  had  a  comfortable  meeting  except  that 
they  were  annoyed  by  the  reading  of  two  very  stupid 
pieces  on  some  subject,  which  the  Secretary  had  for- 
gotten. It  is  really  a  grievous  thing,  that  these  block- 
heads will  not  suffer  us  to  die  in  peace. 

In  our  better  estate  we  could  endure  it,  but,  to  be 
kicked  by  every  ass  in  our  weakness  and  decrepitude 
is  heaping  insult  upon  injury. 

After  the  Society  had  recovered  from  what  they  fer- 
vently hope  to  be  the  last  attack  of  dullness,  D""  Bige- 
low  read  an  Article  for  Sylva  and  the  Secretary  a  Review 
of  Parish's  Eulogy  on  Prof:  Hubbard.  They  were 
both  accepted,  and  the  members  went  one  by  one  until 
none  remained  except  Mr.  Savage  &  D""  Bigelow. 

June  2^,  18 1 1 

The  session  this  evening  was  protracted  to  an  un- 
common hour  and  the  members  seemed  by  their  hilarity 
to  have  forgotten  the  feeble  and  perishing  state  of  the 
Anth.  The  Sec'',  however,  admonished  them  of  its  ap- 
proaching dissolution  and  it  was  determined  that  its 
obsequies  should  be  noticed  by  a  general  call  of  the 
club.  Mr.  Treasurer,  also,  was  requested  to  present 
his  final  statement  of  the  fiscal  concerns  of  the  Society, 
that  we  might  take  such  measures  as  to  prevent  all 
trouble  after  our  decease.  The  rest  of  the  time  was 
occupied  with  conversation  &  supper  except  that  Mr. 

17 


258  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Buckminster  announced  that  he  had  written  a  rejoinder 
to  the  Panoplist's  Review  of  his  review  of  Griesbach. 
(An  act  in  addition  to  an  act  entitled  an  act  &c.)  He 
refused  to  read  it  and  it  was,  therefore  accepted,  without 
being  heard. 

Tuesday  July  2,  18 11 
Finis. 


LIST  OF   BOOKS   MENTIONED  IN 
THE   JOURNAL 


LIST   OF    BOOKS    MENTIONED    IN 
THE   JOURNAL* 

Wherever  possible  the  title  is  gi-ven  as  printed  in  the  Monthly  Anthology,  otherwise  it 
•would  often  be  difficult  to  identify  the  edition, 

PAGE   OF 
JOURNAL 

38.  Sallust.  C.  Crispi  Sallustii  belli  Catilinarii  et  Jugurthini  his- 
toriae  .  .  .  Salem,  Massachusettensium  ;  .  .  .  ,  1805. 

38.  Linn,  Rev.  John  Blair.  The  powers  of  genius,  a  poem,  Phila- 
delphia, 1802.      Second  edition, 

38.  White,  Daniel  Appleton.  Address  to  the  members  of  the 
Merrimack  Humane  Society  ...  in  Newburyport,  Sept.  3, 
1805.      Newburyport,   1805.      Third  edition. 

38.  Ware,  Henry,  D.D.  Sermon  at  Hingham,  May  5,  1805,  occa- 
sioned by  the  dissolution  of  his  pastoral  relation  to  the  First 
Church  .  .  .      Boston,  [1805]. 

38.  Whitney,  Rev.   Peter,   the  Younger.     Sermon  delivered  August 

7,  1 805,  at  the  ordination  of  Rev.  Perez  Lincoln  ...  in  Glouces- 
ter.    Boston,  [1805]. 

39.  Morse,  Jedidiah,  D.D.    American  universal  geography.      Boston, 

1793.      2  V. 

39.  Marshall,  John,  Chief  Justice.     Life  of  George  Washington  .  .  . 

Philadelphia,  1805-7.      5  v. 

40.  Harris,  Thaddeus  Mason.     Journal  of  a  tour  into  the  territory 

northwest  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains  .  .  .   Boston,  [1805]. 
40.    Sherman's  Unitarian  Tract.      (See  also  page  70.) 
40.    Williams,   Ephraim.      Reports  of  cases  ...  in  the  Supreme  Ju- 
dicial Court  of  .  .  .  Massachusetts  from  Sept.,  1 804,  to  June, 
1805  ...  V.  I.     Northampton,  1805. 
40.    Holmes,  Abiel,  D.D.     American  annals  .  .  .  Cambridge,  1805-6. 
2  v. 

1  For  many  rare  titles  in  this  list  we  are  indebted  to  the  generous  aid 
of  Mr.  Charles  Evans,  author  of  a  monumental  work  on  "American  Bibliog- 
raphy," His  second  volume  (1904)  is  dedicated  "To  the  President,  Trustees, 
Proprietors,  and  Library  officials  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  of  thirty-five 
years  ago,  the  Alma  Mater  of  my  bibliographical  life." 


262  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

42.  Moore,  Thomas.  Odes  of  Anacreon,  translated  into  English 
verse  .  .  .    Philadelphia,  1 804. 

42.  Thompson,  James.  Complete  treatise  on  the  mensuration  of  tim- 
ber ..  .   Troy,  N.  Y.,  1805. 

42.  Report  of  the  Trial  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Chase,  one  of  the 
associate  justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
before  the  .  .  .  Senate  ...  for  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors 
.  .  .  Baltimore,  1805. 

42.  DuFiEF,  Nicholas  Gouin.  Nature  displayed  in  her  mode  of 
teaching  language ;  or,  A  new  method  of  acquiring  a  language, 
.  .  .  adapted  to  the  French.      Philadelphia,  1 804.      2  v. 

42.  Patten,  William,  D.D.  The  advantages  of  association  to  pro- 
mote useful  purposes,  ...  a  discourse  delivered  in  .  .  .  New- 
port, Aug.  I,  1805,  at  the  request  of  the  Female  Benevolent 
Society.      Newport,  R.  I.,  1805. 

42.  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  Memoirs,  v.  i, 
1785.     Boston,  1806. 

44.  Debates  and  Other  Proceedings  of  the  Virginia  Conven- 
tion ON  THE  Adoption  of  the  Federal  Constitution. 
Norfolk,  1805. 

44.  Morse,   Jedidiah,    D.D.     New   and  much  improved  edition   of 

Morse's  universal  geography  .  .  .  Boston,  1805.     Fifth  edition. 

45.  Massachusetts     Historical     Society.       Collections.       Boston, 

1 792-1 809. 

NoTK.  Volumes  i-io,  published  1791-1809,  and  covering  the  years 
1 792-1 804,  are  those  recorded  and  reviewed  in  The  Monthly  Anthol- 
ogy ;  volumes  5-10  only  are  mentioned  in  the  Journal  here  printed. 

45.  Morse,  Jedidiah,  D.D.,  and  Parish,  Elijah,  D.D.  A  com- 
pendious history  of  New  England  .  .  .    Charlestown,  1805. 

49.  Emerson,  Rev.  William.  Discourse  delivered  before  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Boston  Female  Asylum,  Sept.  20,  1805  .  .  . 
Boston,  1805. 

49.  Wettenhall,  Edward,  D.D.,  and  others.  A  compendious  sys- 
tem of  Greek  grammar  .  .  .  translated  from  Wettenhall. 
Philadelphia,  i  804. 

49.  Farrand's  Course  of  Latin  Studies  .  .  .  Philadelphia,  1805. 

50.  Holmes,  Abiel,  D.D.      Sermon  delivered  at  the  ordination  of  the 

Rev.  W.  Bascom,  in  Fitchburg,  16  Oct.,  1805  .  .  .  Cambridge, 
1805. 


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51.    Eliot,    John,    D.D.       Sermon    preached    in    Providence,    at    the 

ordination  of  Rev.  Henry  Edes,  July  17,  1805.      Providence, 

1805. 
5 1 .    Warren,   Caroline  Mathilda.      The  gamesters  ;  or.   Ruins  of 

innocence  .  .  .    Boston,  1805. 
51.     BowEN,  Rev.  Nathaniel.     Discourse  ...  on  the  death  of  Gen. 

Christopher  Gadsden,   Sept.    10,    1805.     Charleston,   S.    C, 

1806. 

5 1 .  Mason,   George.      Supplement  to  Johnson's   English   Dictionary 

.  .  .  New  York,  1803. 

52.  [Davis,  John.]     First  settlers  of  Virginia ;  an  historical  novel  .  .  . 

New  York,  i  806.      Second  edition. 
52.    New    Grammar    of    the    French   Tongue    ...    by   a    French 

gentleman.      New  York,    1805. 
52.    Cullen,  William,  M.D.      Of  first  lines  of  the  practice  ofphysick 

.  .  .   New  York,  1806. 
52.    Caines,  George.     New  York  term  reports  of  cases  argued  .  .  . 

in  the  Supreme  Court,  from  May,  1803,  to  Nov.,  1805.    New 

York,  1806.      3  V. 
52.    Caines,  George.     Cases  argued  and  determined  in  the  Court  for 

the  .  .  .  Correction  of  Errors  in  the  State  of  New  York.      New 

York,  1805. 
52.    Caines,   George.     .   .   .    Lex  mercatoria  Americana    .    .    .v.    i. 

New  York,  1802. 
52.    Godwin,  William.     Fleetwood;    or.  The  new  man  of  feeling. 

New  York,  1805.     2  v. 

52.  Cock,   Thomas.     Inaugural  dissertation  on  respiration  .  .  .  New 

York,  1805. 

53.  [Sanson,  Joseph.]      Letters  from  Europe  during  a  tour  through 

Switzerland  and  Italy  ...  by  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  Phila- 
delphia, 1805.      2  V. 

53.  Snowden,  Richard.  History  of  North  and  South  America  .  .  . 
to  the  death  of  General  Washington.     Philadelphia,  1805.     2  v. 

53.  Hamilton,  William.  Report  of  the  trial  and  acquittal  of  Edward 
Shippen,  Chief  Justice,  Jasper  Yates,  and  Thomas  Smith,  Assist- 
ant Justices,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  .  .  .  Jan.  7, 
1805.      Lancaster,  Penn.,  180;. 

53.  Chandler,  Thomas  Bradbury,  D.D.  Life  of  Samuel  Johnson, 
D.D.,  the  first  president  of  King's  College,  New  York  .  .  . 
New  York,  1805. 


264  THE  ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

53.  Hardie,  James.  Account  of  the  malignant  fever  ...  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  during  the  autumn  of  1805.  New  York, 
1805. 

53.  [Hamilton,  Alexander,  Jay,  John,  and  Madison,  James.]     The 

Federalist  ;  a  collection  of  essays  written  in  favour  of  the  new 
constitution,  as  agreed  upon  by  the  Federal  Convention,  Sept. 
17,  1787.  New  York,  1788.  2  v.  First  edition  in  a  col- 
lected form. 

Note.      It  is  impossible  to  tell  which   edition  is  referred  to.      It  may  be 
the  above  ;  or  a  reprint,  New  York,  I  799  ;  or  the  following  : 

The  Federalist,  on  the  new  constitution,  by  Publius  .  .  .  Re- 
vised and  corrected.      New  York,   1802.      2  v. 

54.  [Fessenden,    Thomas  Green.]      Democracy  unveiled  .  .   .  ,  by 

Christopher  Caustick.      Boston,  1805. 

54.      '*A     LITTLE    WORK     ON     THE     UnITED     StATES." 

Note.      Probably  Blodgett's  Economica;  seepage  108. 

57.  [Stephen,  James.]      War  in  disguise  ;  or.  The  frauds  of  the  neu- 

tral flags.      New  York,  1806. 

58.  Porter,  Eliphalet,  D.D.     Sermon  preached  at  the  ordination  of 

Rev.  Charles  Lowell   ...  in  Boston,  Jan.   I,  1806.     Boston, 

1806. 
58.    Drayton,   John.      A   view   of  South   Carolina,   as    respects    her 

natural  and  civil  concerns,      Charleston,  1802, 
58.    Gibbon,  Edward,      History  of  the  decline  and  fall  of  the  Roman 

Empire.      Philadelphia,  1805.     8  v. 
58.     Ferguson,  Adam.      History  of  the  progress  and  termination  of  the 

Roman  Republic.      Philadelphia,   1805.      3  v. 
58.    Maccarthy,  Joseph  Henri  Auguste  de.      Ode  aux  souverains  de 

I'ancien  monde  sur  la  croisade  actuelle,     n.  p.  1806. 
58,    Rush,   Benjamin,    M.D,       Medical    inquiries    and    observations, 

Philadelphia,    1805.      4  V,       Second  edition,   revised   and  en- 
larged. 
58.    Akenside,   Mark,     Pleasures  of  the  imagination  .   .    ,   Portland, 

1801. 
61.    Hopkins,  Samuel,  D.D,     Sketches  of  [his]  life   .    .    .    written  by 

himself  .    ,    .   published  by  Stephen   West,  D.D.        Hartford, 

1805. 
61.    Sullivan,  James,    Governor  of  Massachusetts.     History  of  land 

titles  in  Massachusetts.     Boston,  1801. 


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64.  Salem   collection  of  classical  sacred   music  .   .    .    with  intro- 

duction to  psalmody.       Salem,   1806.      New  edition. 

65.  Kett,    Henry.      Elements  of  general   knowledge  .  .   .    Philadel- 

phia, 1805.      2  V. 

66.  Savage,  Richard.      Poetical   works,  with  the   life  of  the  author. 

New  York,  1805. 

66.  Carr,  Sir  John.  A  northern  summer ;  or.  Travels  round  the 
Baltic  .    .    .    in  the  year  1804.      Philadelphia,  1806. 

66.  Knox,  Vicesimus.  Lucubrations  on  life  and  letters  ;  or.  Winter 
evenings.  New  York,  1805.  [First  American  from  the  third 
London  edition.] 

66.  Smythe,  Percy  Clinton  Sidney,  Sixth  discount  Strangford. 
Poems  from  the  Portuguese  of  Luis  de  Camoens  ;  with  remarks 
.   .   .   by   .   .  .   Viscount  Strangford.     Philadelphia,  1 806. 

66.  Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.  D.  Discourse  delivered  at  Springfield,  Oct. 
30,  1805,  on  occasion  of  the  .  .  .  opening  of  the  great  bridge 
over  Connecticut  River   .   .    .    Springfield,  1 806. 

66.  Xenophon.  De  Cyri  institutione.  (Greek  and  Latin.)  Hutch- 
inson's text.     Philadelphia,  1806.     First  American  edition. 

66.  The  Christian  Monitor  ;  a  religious  periodical.     Boston,  1 806- 

18 10.      8  V. 

67.  Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.D.     The  infirmities  and  comforts  of  old  age 

.  .   .   Springfield,  1806.      Second  edition. 
67.    Linn,  John  Blair,  D.D.     Valerian,  a  narrative  poem   .    .   .    with 

a  sketch  of  the  .    .    .  author.      Philadelphia,   1805. 
69.    Fessenden,  Rev.  Thomas.     Theoretick  explanation  of  the  science 

of  sanctity   .   .   .   Brattleboro,  Vt.,  1804. 
69.    Fessenden,  Rev.  Thomas.      The  Boston  self-styled  gentlemen  re- 
viewers reviewed  ;  by  the  author  of  Science  of  sanctity  .  .  . 

Brattleboro,  Vt.,  1806. 
69.    Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.D.      Two  sermons  on  the  atrocity  of  suicide, 

and  on  the  causes  which  lead  to  it.      Preached  at  Suffield  .  .  . 

Feb.  24,  1805    .   .   .  Springfield,  1805.      Second  edition. 
Note.     This  is  probably  the  one  referred  to. 

69.  Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.D.  .  .  .  Reflections  on  the  Story  of  Saul's 
consulting  the  witch  of  Endor.    .  .   .  Springfield,  1806. 

69.  French,  Rev.  Jonathan.  Discourse  delivered  ...  in  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  31st  July,  1805,  .  .  .  respecting  the  separa- 
tion   of  the   Rev.    Timothy    Alden,   Jun.,   from    his    pastoral 


266  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

relation  to  the  Fourth  Church  ...  in  that  tov/n.  Portsmouth, 
1805. 

69.  Adams,  Cornelius.      Sermon  on  the  Sabbath  following  his  ordi- 

nation, Windham,  Dec.  8,  1805.      Windham,  1806. 
Note.     This  is  probably  the  one  referred  to. 

70.  Sherman,  Rev.  John.      One  God  in  one  person  only  ;  and  Jesus 

Christ  a  being  distinct  from  God,  maintained  .  .  .  Worcester, 
1805. 

70.  Dow,  Rev.  Daniel.  Familiar  letters  to  the  Rev.  John  Sherman 
...  in  particular  reference  to  his  late  anti-trinitarian  treatise. 
Hartford,  1806. 

70.  [Grahame,  Rev.  James.]  The  Sabbath,  a  poem.  First  Ameri- 
can edition,  to  which  are  added.  Sabbath  walks.  New  York, 
1805. 

70.  DuFiEF,   Nicholas  Gouin.       Logick  of  facts  ;  or.  The  conduct 

of  William  Rawle  towards  N.  G.  Dufief.  Philadelphia, 
1806. 

71.  Hitchcock,  David.      Shade  of  Plato;  or,  A  defense  of  religion, 

morality,  and  government,  a  poem  .  .  .   Hudson,  1805. 
71.    Davies,  B.      Sketch   of  the   geography  ...  of  North  America 
.   .   .   Philadelphia,  1806. 

Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

71.  Webster,  Noah.  Compendious  dicdonary  of  the  English  lan- 
guage .  .   .   Hartford,  1806. 

71.  Aikin,  John,  M.D.  Letters  to  a  young  lady  on  a  course  of 
English  poetry.      Boston,  1806. 

71.  Orton,  Rev.  Job.  .  .  .  exposition  of  the  Old  Testament  .  .  . 
Boston,  I  806.  6  V.  [First  American  from  the  second  Lon- 
don edition.] 

71.  Paley,  William,  D.D.  Moral  philosophy.  Boston,  1806.  Fifth 
American  from  the  twelfth  English  edition. 

71.  Scott,  Thomas,   D.D.       Commentary   on   the    Old   and    New 

Testament.      Philadelphia,   1805-1 807 (?).      4  v. 

72.  Southey,  Robert.       Madoc.      .   .   .   Boston,  1806.      2  v. 

75.  Quincy,  JosiAH.     Speech  delivered  in  Congress  on  the   15th  of 

April,  1 806  ...  on  the  bill  for  fortifying  the  forts  and  har- 
bours of  the  United  States.      Boston,  1 806. 

76.  Sullivan,  John,  publisher.     New  map  of  the  United  States  .  .  . 

including  part  of  Louisiana.     Boston,  1 806. 


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']'].  Priestley,  Joseph.  Four  discourses  intended  to  have  been  de- 
livered at  Philadelphia.      Northumberland,  Penn.,  1806. 

Note.      This  volume,  bearing  the  latest  date,  is  probably  the  one  referred 
to,  although  the  following  may  have  been  intended. 

Discourses  on  various  subjects  intended  to  have  been  delivered 
in  Philadelphia,  to  which  are  added  some  others,  selected  from 
the  same  author.      Northumberland,   1805. 

77.  Shepard,  Rev.  Samuel.  Sermon  preached  in  the  audience  of  his 
excellency,  Caleb  Strong,  governour,  ...  the  Council,  Senate, 
and  House  ...  on  the  anniversary  election.  May  28,  i8o6. 
Boston,  1806. 

"J"].  Ellicott,  Andrew.  Journal  of  Andrew  Ellicott,  late  commis- 
sioner on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  .  .  .  1 796-1 800,  for 
determining  the  boundary  between  the  United  States  and  the 
possessions  of  his  Catholick  majesty  in  America  .  .  .  Philadel- 
phia, 1803. 

77.  [Davis,  John,  editor  and  translator. "^      Life   and    campaigns  of 

Victor  Moreau  .  .  .  by  an  officer  of  the  staff.    New  York,  1 806. 

78.  Fessenden,  Thomas  Green.    Original  poems.     Philadelphia,  1806. 
78.    Warren,  Mrs.    Mercy    (Otis).       History  of  the  rise,  progress, 

and    termination    of  the    American    revolution    .    .    .    Boston, 

1805.  3  V. 

78.    Berni,  Francesco.     The   enchanted   lake  of  the  fairy  morgana. 

From  the  Orlando  Innamorato  of  Berni,  translated  by  AIsop. 

New  York,  1806. 
78.    Rees,  Abraham.       New  cyclopaedia   .    .    .   Philadelphia,    1810- 

I  842.      47  V.     First  American  edition. 

78.  ScoTT,  Sir  Walter,  Bart.     The  lay  of  the  last  minstrel.     Phila- 

delphia, 1805. 

79.  The  Panoplist.      v.  1-16.     June,    1806-Dec.,  1820.      Boston, 

I  806-1  820. 

Note.       Volumes    4-13    were  called    Panoplist    and   Missionary    Herald; 
volumes  14-16,  Missionary  Herald. 

79.  Smith,  Rev.  Thomas.      The    sacred    mirror ;    or.    Compendious 

view  of  Scripture  history.  Boston,  1 806.  First  American 
edition. 

80.  Underwood,  Michael,  M.D.      Treatise  on  the  diseases  of  chil- 

dren.  .  .  .  Boston,  1806. 
80.    Cheselden,  William.      Anatomy  of  the  human  body.      Boston, 

1806.  Second  edition. 


268  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

80.    White,  John  Blake.      Foscari  ;  or,The  Venetian  exile,  a  tragedy 
in  five  acts  as  performed  at  the  Charleston  Theatre.     Charleston, 
S.  C,  1806. 
80.    Gordon,  Rev.  James  Bentley.     History  of  the  Civil  war  in  Ire- 
land.     Baltimore,  1805.      2  v. 
82.    Monthly  Magazine  and  British    Register.      London,    1796- 

1825.      60  v. 
82.    Massillon,  Jean    Baptiste,  Bishop    of  Clermont.       Charges    ad- 
dressed to  his  clergy  .   .  .  New  York,  1806. 
82.    F.,  A.  O.      Wreath  for  the  Rev.  Daniel  Dow  ...  on  the  publi- 
cation of  his  Familiar  Letters  .   .   .  Utica,  1806. 
Note.      For  the  Familiar  Letters,  see  page  70. 
82.    Rush,  Benjamin,  M.D.     Inquiry  into  the  functions  of  the  spleen, 

liver,  pancreas,  and  thyroid  gland,      Philadelphia  [1806]. 
82.    Ovid.     Metamorphoses.     Philadelphia,  1805.      (Classic  press.) 
82.    CiESAR.      Mair's   Cssar,   revised    and    corrected  by  James   Ross. 
.  .  .   Philadelphia,  1805. 

Note.  These  are  probably  the  American  editions  of  Caesar  and  Ovid  re- 
ferred to.  The  Monthly  Anthology  has  also  a  notice  of  the  Dauphin 
editions  of  the  classics,  issued  by  the  Classic  Press,  Philadelphia;  see 
volume  2,  pages  436-437;  also  of  several  editions  published  in  New 
York;    see  volume  2,  page  271. 

82.  Sullivan,  Francis  Stoughton.  Lectures  on  the  constitution  and 
laws  of  England  .  .  .  Portland,  1805.  2  v.  First  American 
edition. 

82.  Massachusetts  Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture.  Papers 
consisting  of  communications  made  to  the  society  .  .  .  published 
by  the  trustees.      Boston,  1799-1811.      10  v. 

Note.  The  volumes  for  1804,  1806,  1807,  and  1809 — the  last  called 
the  Georgick  papers  —  were  reviewed  by  the  Anthology  Society. 

82.  SwETT,   Major  Samuel.      Address,   delivered  at   Salem,   July  4, 

1806,  on  a  military  celebration  of  the  day  .  .  .   Salem,   1806. 

83.  Owen,    Rev.    John.     The   fashionable    world    displayed.      New 

York,    1806. 

83.  [Fessenden,  Thomas  Green.]  Terrible  tractoration  !  !  A  poeti- 
cal petition  against  galvanizing  trumpery  and  the  Perkinistick 
institution  .  .  .  New  York,  1804.  First  American  from  the 
second  London  edition. 

83.  Allen,  Paul.  Oration,  July  4,  l8o6,  at  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, Providence,  1806. 


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83.  RoscoE,  William.      Life  and  pontificate  of  Leo  X.     Philadelphia, 

1805.      4  V. 

84.  Edgeworth,    Maria.      Leonora  j    a  novel.     New  York,    1806. 

2  V. 

84.    Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.D.      Sermon  ...  on  the  solar  eclipse  .  .  . 

June  16,  1806  .  .  .  Springfield,  1806.     Second  edition. 
84.    Parish,    Elijah,    D.D.       Sermon  preached   at    the  ordination  of 

Rev.  Nathan  Waldo,  in  Williamstown,  Vt.,   Feb.  26,    1806. 

Hanover,  N.  H.,  1806. 
84.    Emerson,   Rev.  William.      Sermon  delivered  to  the  First  church 

of  Boston  .  .   .  after  the  calamitous  death  of  Mr.  Charles  Aus- 
tin ..  .  Aug.  4,  1806.      Boston,  1806.     Second  edition. 
84.    **The  American  edition  of  Rees'  CYCLOPiT,DiA."      See  page  78. 
84.    Webster,   Daniel.       Anniversary    address    delivered    before    the 

Federal  gentlemen  of  Concord  .  .   .  July  4,  1806.      Concord, 

N.  H.,  1806. 
84.    Dearborn,  Henry  Alexander  Scammell.      Oration  pronounced 

...  in  Salem,  July  4,  1806.    .  .   .  Salem,  1806. 
87.    NoTT,   Eliphalet,  D.D.      Sermon   preached  before  the  General 

Assembly   of  the   Presbyterian    Church  .  .  .  May    19,   1806. 

Philadelphia,  July,   1 806. 

Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

87.  Trial  of  the  journeymen  boot  and  shoemakers  of  Philadel- 
phia, on  an  indictment  for  a  combination  ...  to  raise  their, 
wages.  Taken  in  shorthand,  by  Thomas  Lloyd.  Philadel- 
phia, 1806. 

87.  Read,  John,  D.D.  Apology  for  the  rite  of  baptism,  and  usual 
modes  of  baptizing  .  .   .   Providence,  1806. 

87.  Priestley,  Joseph.  Memoirs  .  .  .  written  by  himself  .  .  . 
Northumberland,  Penn.,  i  806.      2  v. 

87.  [Knight,  Ann  Cuthbert.]      Home;  a  poem.      Boston,   1806. 

88.  NoTT,    Eliphalet,    D.D.      Address    to   the    candidates    for  the 

Baccalaureate  in  Union  college,  30  July.      Cambridge,  1806. 
Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

89.  Phocion.  [William  Loughton  Smith.]      The  numbers  of  Phocion, 

originally  published  in  the  Charleston,  S.  C,  Courier  in  1806, 
on  the  subject  of  neutral  rights.      Charleston,  1806. 
89.    WoRTMAN,    Tunis.      Treatise    concerning    political    inquiry,    and 
the  liberty  of  the  press.      New  York,  1 800. 


270  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

90.  Laveytur,  Caspar  Gall  [pseud?].    A  brief  sketch  of  unguiology, 

extracted  from  the  science  of  toe  nails.      Translated  from  the 
German.      Boston,  i  806. 

91.  Day,  Thomas.      Reports  of  cases  ...  in  the  Supreme   Court  of 

Errours  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.      Hartford,  1806-8.      2  v. 

91.  Gary,    Samuel.      Address    to    the   Merrimack  Humane  Society, 

Sept.  2,  1806.      Newburyport,  1806. 

92.  EwELL,  Thomas,  M.D.      Plain  discourses  on  the  laws  and  prop- 

erties of  matter  .  .  .   New  York,  1806. 

92.  Berquin  Duvallon, — .     Travels  in  Louisiana  and  the  Floridas 

in  the  year   1802,  giving  a  correct  picture  of  those  countries. 
Translated  from  the  French  by  John  Davis.      New  York,  1806. 

93.  Walpole,  Robert.     The  garland  of  flowers ;   composed  of  trans- 

lations, chiefly  original,  from  the  Spanish,  Italian,  Greek,  Latin, 
&c.  .  .  .    New  York,  1806. 
93.    Juvenal.      New    translation    of  the    third    satire    of  Juvenal,    to 
which  are  added  miscellaneous  poems,   original  and  translated 
[by  John  Duer].      New  York,   1806. 

93.  New  series  of  New  York  Term  Reports.     See  Johnson,  William, 

Reports  etc.,  p.  104. 

94.  McFarland,    Asa.      Historical   view  of  heresies  .  .  .    Concord, 

N.  H.,  1806. 
94.    Lathrop,    Joseph,    D.D.      Sermons    on    various    subjects  .   .   . 
Worcester,  1806. 

Note.  Volume  3  of  the  series  of  5  volumes  of  sermons  by  Dr.  Lathrop, 
published  at  Worcester,  i8o6-io  ;  volumes  1-3  being  the  second 
edition. 

94.  Emmons,  Nathaniel,  D.D.     Discourse  at  a  public  meeting  of  a 

number  of  singers,  who  were  improving  themselves  in  church 
music.      Providence,  1806. 

Note,  This  discourse,  published  in  October,  1806,  is  probably  the  one 
referred  to.  No  collection  of  Emmons's  sermons  was  printed  so  early 
as  this. 

95.  Dufief,    Nicholas   Gouin.      Nature   displayed    in    her  mode  of 

teaching    language    to    man  ...   v.  i.      Philadelphia,    1806. 
Second  edition. 

NoTK.     For  first  edition,  see  page  41. 

95.    First    Church    collection  of  sacred    music.     Boston,    1806. 
Second  edition. 


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95.  Brown,  Bartholomew,  and  others.  Columbian  and  European 
harmony  ;  or,  Bridgwater  collection  of  sacred  musick.  Boston, 
1 804.      Second  edition. 

95.  Field,  Rev.  Joseph.  Strictures  on  seven  sermons  by  Rev.  Dan- 
iel Merrill  on  .  .  .  baptism.      Northampton,  1807. 

97.  Bentley,  Rev.  William.  Sermon  delivered  July  2d,  1 806,  at 
the  ordination  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Richardson  .  .  .  Hingham, 
1806. 

97.  Charnock,  John.      Biographical  memoirs  of  Lord  Viscount  Nel- 

son .    .    .    Boston,  1 806.     Second  American  edition. 

98.  The  complete  Justice  of    the   Peace,   containing  extracts   from 

Burn  's  Justice  .  .  .  ,  by  a  gentleman  of  the  profession   .    .    . 

Portsmouth  and  Dover,  N.  H.,  i  806. 
98.    Cumberland,    Richard.      Memoirs,    written    by    himself   .    .    . 

New  York,  1806. 
98.    Philadelphia  medical  museum  .  .  .  conducted  by  John  Redmond 

Coxe,  M.D.     V.  1-5.      Philadelphia,  1 805-1 808.      5  v. 

Note.      A  quarterly  publication.      Volumes   I  and  a  were  revised  by  the 
Anthology  Society. 

98.  Coxe,  John  Redmond,  M.D.  American  dispensatory  .  .  . 
Philadelphia,  1806. 

98.  [Raithby,  John.]  Study  and  practice  of  the  law,  considered 
...  in  a  series  of  letters,  by  a  member  of  Lincoln's  Inn.  Port- 
land, I  806.      First  American  edirion. 

98.  DoBsoN,    Thomas.       Letters    on    the  .   .   .  Deity,    and    on    the 

moral  state  of  man.      Philadelphia,  1 804.      2  v. 

99.  Horace.      Q.  Horadi  Flacci  carmina  expurgata,    cum  notis  Jos. 

Juvenrii,  et  aliorum.      Cantabrigije,  Nov.  Ang.,   i  806. 
99.    Olds,   Rev.   Gamaliel   S.     Inaugural    oration,    delivered    in    the 
chapel    of  Williams   College,    Oct.    14,    1806.      Stockbridge, 
1806. 

99.  PoPKiN,    Rev.  John  Snelling.     Two    sermons,   on    quitting   the 

old,  and  entering  the  new  meering-house,  in  the  first  parish  in 
Newbury.      Newburyport,  1806. 

100.  Montagu,  Basil.     A  summary  of  the  law  of  set-ofF  .  .  .  New 

York,   1806.     New  edition. 
100.    Azuni,  Domenico  Alberto.     Maritime  law  of  Europe,  translated 

from    the  last   Paris    edition    [by  W.  Johnson] .       New    York, 

1806.         2  V. 
100.    Thiebault,  Dieudonne.      Original   anecdotes  of  Frederick   the 


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Great  .  .  .  from  the  French  of  Thiebault.  v.  i.  Philadel- 
phia, 1806.      2  V. 

100.  Holmes,  Abiel,  D.D.  Discourse  at  Plymouth,  22d  of  Decem- 
ber, 1 806,  at  the  anniversary  commemoration  of  the  first  land- 
ing of  the  fathers,  A.  D.  1620.     Cambridge,  1806, 

100.  Moore,  Thomas.  Epistles,  odes,  and  other  poems.  Philadel- 
phia,  I  806. 

100.  Dana,  James,    D.D.      Twenty-six   sermons   to    young  people, 

preached  A.  D.  1803,  1804  .   .   .   New  Haven,  1806. 

10 1.  Sewall,  Jonathan   Mitchel.      Miscellaneous  poems,  with  sev- 

eral specimens  from  the  author's  .  .  .  version  of  the  poems  of 
Ossian.     Portsmouth,  1807. 

102.  BissET,  Robert.      Life  of  Edmund  Burke  .  .  .  London,  1798. 

Second  edition,  London,  1800. 

i02.  Massachusetts  Medical  Society.  Medical  papers  communi- 
cated to  the  .  .  .  society.     Salem,  1 807. 

102.  TooKE,  John  Horne.  .  .  .  The  diversions  of  Purley,  Phila- 
delphia. 1 806—7.  First  American  from  the  second  London 
edition. 

102.  Trial  of  Thomas  O.  Selfridge  ...  for  killing  Charles  Austin 

on  the  public  exchange  in  Boston,  August  4,  1806.  Taken 
in  shorthand  by  T.  Lloyd  and  George  Caines.      Boston,  1807. 

103.  Historical  Collections.      See  page  45. 

103.    AiKiN,   John.      Geographical    delineations    .    .    .    Philadelphia, 

1807. 
103.    Burke,  Edmund.      Works.      Boston,  1806-13.     6  v. 

103.  Love  ;  a  poem  delivered  before  the  E.  E.  branch  of  the  Non- 

Descript  Club,  by  the  H.  C.     Newburyport,  1807. 
Note.      Probably  the  poem  referred  to. 

104.  Johnson,   William.       Reports    of  cases    ...   in   the   Supreme 

Court  of  the  state  of  New  York.  v.  i,  part  i,  Feb.  term, 
I  806.      New  York,  i  806. 

105.  Annals  of  the  life  of  the  Right  Hon.  William  Pitt.  Phila- 

delphia, 1807. 

105.  Walpole,  B.  C.  ...  Life  of  the  late  Right  Honourable  Charles 

James  Fox  .   .  .   New  York,   1807. 

106.  Carr,  Sir  John.      The  stranger  in  Ireland  .  .   .  containing  an 

account  of  Thomas  Dermody,  the  Irish  poet  .   .   .  New  York, 
1807.     Third  American  edition. 
106.     [Beresford,  James.]      The  miseries   of  human   life  ;    or.   The 


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groans  of  Samuel   Sensitive  and  Timothy  Testy   .   .  .  Boston, 
1807.      First  American  from  the  third  London  edition. 
107.     Montgomery,  James.      The  wanderer  of  Switzerland,  and  other 
poems.     Boston,  1807. 

107.  looR,  William.      The    battle   of  the   Eutaw  Springs   .  .   .;    a 

national  drama  in  five  acts.     Charleston,  S.  C,  1807. 

108.  Blodget,   Samuel.       Economica  ;   a    statistical    manual    for    the 

United  States   .    .    .    Washington,  1806. 

108.  [DwiGHT,  Theodore,  Alsop,  Richard,  and  others.]  The  echo, 
with  other  poems,  printed  at  the  Porcupine  Press,  by  Pas- 
quin  Petronius.      New  York,   1807. 

108.  Jarvis,  Samuel  Farmer,  D.D.  Want  of  patronage  the  princi- 
pal cause  of  the  slow  progress  of  American  literature  ;  oration 
delivered  before  the  society  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  .  .  .  New 
Haven,   1806. 

III.  L'Enclos,  Anne,  called  Ninon  de.  Memoirs  of  Ninon  de 
L'Enclos,  with  her  letters  to  the  Marquis  de  Sevigne  and 
Mons.  de  St.  Evremond  ;  translated  from  the  French  by  Mrs. 
Griffith.      Philadelphia,  1806. 

III.  Marmontel,  Jean  Francois.  Memoirs  .  .  .  written  by  him- 
self.     New  York,  1807.      2  v. 

III.  Davis,  Richard  Bingham.  Poems,  with  a  sketch  of  his  life. 
.   .   .  New  York,  1807. 

III.  Virgil.  Culex,  with  a  translation  into  English  verse  by  Lucius 
M.  Sargent.      Boston,  1807. 

III.  Ferguson,  James.  Lectures  on  select  subjects  in  mechanicks, 
hydrostaticks  .  .  .  New  edition  enlarged  by  David  Brewster, 
revised  by  Robert  Patterson.      Philadelphia,  1806.      3  v. 

111.  Patten,  William.      Sermon  preached  in   .  .   .   Newport,  Nov. 

9th,  1806,  the  Lord's  day  succeeding  the  death  of  Miss  Abigail 
Potter.      Newport,  1807. 

112.  Allinson,  David,  publisher.       Geography  an  amusement;    or. 

Complete   set    of  geographical    cards   ...  by   several   persons 
.  .  .  Burlington,  N.  J.,   1807. 

113.  Black,  Joseph,  M.D.       Lectures  on  the  elements  of  chemistry 

.   .   .   Philadelphia,   1807.      3  V.      First  American  from  the  last 
London  edition. 
113.    Massachusetts    Medical  Society.       Acts    of  incorporation   to- 
gether with    the    bye   laws   and    orders    of  the  .  .  .  society. 
Salem,  1806. 

18 


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113.  Waterman,  Rev.  Jotham.  Two  better  than  one;  a  sermon 
delivered  Dec.  4,  A.  L.  5805,  on  the  installation  of  King 
Hiram's  Lodge,  in  Provincetown.      Boston,  1806. 

113.  Forbes,  Sir  William,  Bart.  Account  of  the  life  and  writings 
of  James  Beattie  .   .   .   New  York,   1807, 

113.  Grant,  Charles.  Poem  on  the  restoration  of  learning  in  the 
East  .  .   .  Salem,  1807. 

Note.      A  reprint  from  the  Cambridge  edition  of  1805. 

113.    Pons,  FRAN901S   Raimond  Joseph   de.      A  voyage  to  the  eastern 

part  of  Terra  Firma   ...  in  South  America  .   .   .   ,    translated 

by  an  American  gentleman.     New  York,  1806.      3  v. 
113.    Attempt    to    Vindicate    the   American    Character,  ...  a 

reply  to  ...  T.  Moore.      Philadelphia,  1806. 
113.    The  American   Nepos  ;    a  collection  of  the  lives  of  the  most 

remarkable   .  .  .  men,  who  have  contributed  to  the  discovery, 

settlement,  and  independence  of  America  .  .   .   Baltimore,  1805. 
113.    Austin,    William.      Essay    on   the    Human    character   of  Jesus 

Christ.      Boston,   1807. 
115.    Dean,    Henry.      Analytical    guide    to    the    art   of  penmanship. 

Salem,  1806. 
115.    Mease,  James,  M.D.      Geological  account  of  the  United  States 

.  .  .    Philadelphia,  1 807. 
115.    Walker,    John.      Critical    pronouncing    dictionary  ...  of  the 

English   language   .   .  .   Philadelphia,    1807.      Third  American 

from  the  last  London  edition. 

Note.     Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

115.  BiGELOw,   Abijah.      The   Voter's   guide;   or  the   power,    duty, 

and  privileges  of  the  constitutional  voters  in  the  commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts.      Leominster,  1807. 

116.  Bentley,    William.      Sermon   delivered    before   the   governour, 

.  .  .   Council,  .   .   .  and  Legislature  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  on  the  day  of  general  election.  May  27,  1807. 
Boston,    1807. 
116.    Channing,  William  Ellery,  D.D.      The  duties  of  children,  a 
sermon  delivered  .  .  .  April  i  z,  1807  .  .  .    Boston,  1807. 

116.  Jackson,  John.      Reflections  on  the  commerce  of  the  Mediter- 

ranean .  .  .   New  York,  1 806. 

117.  Scott,  Sir  Walter,  5/?r/.      Ballads  and  lyrical  pieces.      Boston, 

1807. 


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117.  Morgan,  Lady  Sydney.  The  wild  Irish  girl;  a  national  tale. 
Philadelphia,  1807.      New  edition. 

117.  Reed,  John,  D.D.  Sermon  preached  before  the  convention  of 
the  congregational  ministers  in  Boston,  May  27,  1807. 
Boston,  1807. 

117.  Roberts,  William.  Treatise  on  the  statute  of  frauds  .  .  . 
New  York,  1807.      [First  American  from  the  London  edition.] 

117.  Picture  of  New  York;  or.  Traveller's  guide  through  the  com- 
mercial metropolis  of  the  United  States.      New  York,  1807. 

117.  Webster,    Noah.      Philosophical   and    practical  grammar  of  the 

English  language.      New  Haven,  1808. 

118.  Powell,  John  Joseph.      Essay  upon  the  learning  of  devises  .  .  . 

New  York,   1807.      New  edition. 

118.  Dana,  Joseph.  Address  delivered  before  the  R.  W.  masters 
and  brethren  of  the  lodges  of  St.  John,  St.  Peter,  and  St. 
Mark  .  .  .    Newburyport.      Newburyport,  1 807. 

118.  Volney,  Constantin  Francois  Chasseboeuf,  comte  de.  A 
view  of  the  soil  and  climate  of  the  United  States  .  .  .  ,  trans- 
lated by  C.  B.  Brown  .  .  .    Philadelphia,  1804. 

118.  Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins.      Reports  of  cases  ...  in  the  Supreme 

Judicial  Court  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  during 
the  year  1806.      Newburyport,  1807. 

119.  Masonick  and  social  address,  as  pronounced  ...  on  the  24th 

of  June,  A.  L.  5807   .  .  .  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

119.  Messinger,  Rev.  Rosewell.  Sentiments  on  resignation.  Ports- 
mouth, 1807. 

119.  FiRMiANUS  Symposius,  C^lius.  iEnigmata.  Hanc  novam 
editionem  .   .   .  curavit  Lucius  M.  Sargent.      Bostoniae,   1807. 

119.  McKeen,  Rev.  Joseph.  Inaugural  address  delivered  in  Bruns- 
wick, Sept.  9,  1 806.  With  an  eulogy  by  Rev.  W.  Jenks. 
Portland,  1807. 

lig.  Abbot,  Rev.  Abiel.  A  discourse  delivered  before  the  Portsmouth 
Female  Asylum,  Aug.  g,  1807.     Portsmouth,  1807. 

Note.     "  Alden  "  in  the  Journal  was  probably  an  error  for  Abbot. 

119.  Bacon,    Francis,    Baron     Verulam    and    Viscount    St.    Albans. 

Essays,    moral,     economical,     and    political.       Boston,     1807. 
First  American  edition. 

120.  Tappan,  David,  D.D.     Lectures  on  Jewish  antiquities,  delivered 

at  Harvard  University.     Cambridge,  1807. 


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Sermons  on  important  subjects,  with  memoirs  of .  .  .  Dr. 


Tappan,   and  Dr.   Holmes'   Discourse   at   his   funeral.      Cam- 
bridge, 1807. 
120.    British  TREATY.      1807. 

Note.  This  pamphlet,  printed  in  America,  appeared  without  the  name  of 
either  author  or  publisher.  It  was  reprinted  in  London,  1808,  with 
an  appendix  of  State  papers. 

120.  [Dubois,  Edward.]  My  pocket  book;  or.  Hints  for  a 
*  Ryghte  merrie  and  conceitede  '  tour  to  be  called  '  The  stranger 
in  Ireland,'  in  1805,  by  a  knight  errant.  New  York,  1807. 
New  edition. 

Note.  A  burlesque  upon  Sir  John  Carr's  Stranger  in  Ireland.  See 
page  106. 

123.  Miller,  Samuel,  D.D.  Letters  concerning  the  constitution  and 
order  of  the  christian  ministry  .  .  .    New  York,  1807. 

125.  Peters,  Richard.  Admiralty  decisions  in  the  District  Court  of 
the  United  States  for  the  Pennsylvania  District  .  .  .  Philadel- 
phia, 1807.      2  V. 

125.  Worcester,  Samuel.  .  .  .  Letters  to  the  Rev.  Thomas  Bald- 
win, D.D.  on  his  book  entitled,  "  The  baptism  of  believers 
only  .  .  ."      Salem,   1807. 

125.  Flint,  Rev.  James.  The  christian  ministry,  .  .  .  considered  in 
two  sermons  delivered  ...  at  Bridgewater,  Nov.  9,  1806. 
Boston,  1807. 

125.  Lyttleton,  Thomas,  second  Baron,  Letters  .  .  .  with  a 
memoir  concerning  the  author  .  .  .  Troy,  N.  Y.,  1807. 
First   American  edition. 

125.  Blatchford,  Samuel.  Elements  of  the  Greek  language  .  .  . 
New  York,   1807. 

125.  The  Berean  ;  or,  an  appeal  to  the  Scriptures  .  .  .  No.  i  of 
V.  2.     Boston,  1807. 

125.  Emerson,  Rev.  Joseph.  Two  minor  catechisms  .  .  .  Boston, 
1807. 

125.  Lancaster,  Joseph.  Improvements  in  education,  as  it  respects 
the  industrious  classes  of  the  community  .  .  .  New  York, 
1807.     From  the  third  London  edition. 

125.  Chapman,  Nathaniel,  M.D.  Select  speeches,  forensick  and 
parliamentary,  with  prefatory  remarks.      Philadelphia,  1807. 

125.    Webster,  Noah.     Letter  to  Dr.  David  Ramsay,  of  Charleston, 


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S.  C,  respecting  the  errors  in  Johnson's  dictionary,  and  other 
lexicons.     New  Haven,   1807. 

125.  The  female  enthusiast;  a  tragedy  in  five  acts,  by  a  lady. 
Charleston,  S.  C,    1807. 

125.    Otis,  James.      Rudiments  of  Latin  prosody  .   .  .    Boston,  1760. 

125.  Smith,  Samuel  Stanhope.  Essay  on  the  causes  of  the  variety 
of  complexion  and  figure  in  the  human  species  .  .  .  Philadel- 
phia, 1788. 

125.  **  Cicero's  Works." 

Note.     See  Logan's  translation,  page  132,     This  appears  to  be  the  one  re- 
ferred to,  although  Logan  was  not  a  professor  at  Dartmouth  College. 

126.  Ramsay,    David,    M.D.       Life    of  George  Washington     .    .   . 

Providence,  1807. 

1 26.  Bancroft,  Rev.  Aaron.      Essay  on  the  life  of  George  Washing- 

ton .  .  .  Worcester,  1807. 

127.  [Everett,  David.]      Essay  on  the  rights  and  duties  of  nations, 

relative  to  fugitives  from  justice,  considered  with  reference  to 
the  affair  of  the  Chesapeake,  by  an  American.      Boston,  1807. 

127.  Thacher,  Rev.  Thomas.  Discourse  delivered  at  Milton, 
Sept.  9,  1807,  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  dedication  of 
the  academy  in  that  place.      Dedham,  1807. 

127.  Parish,  Elijah,  D.D.  Compendious  system  of  universal  geog- 
raphy .  .  .  Newburyport,  1807. 

1 27.  Hubbard,  John.  The  rudiments  of  geography  .  .  .  Walpole, 
N.  H.,  1807.     Third  edition. 

127.  New  York  Medical  Repository  and  Review  of  American 
publications  on  Medicine,  Surgery,  and  the  Auxiliary 
Branches  of  Science.     New  York,  1798-1822.      22  v. 

127.  Brown,  William  Hill.  Ira  and  Isabella;  or.  The  natural  chil- 
dren .   .  .  Boston,  1807. 

127.  Percy,  William.  D.D.  An  apology  for  the  Episcopal  Church, 
in  a  series  of  letters  on  the  nature,  ground,  and  foundation  of 
Episcopacy.     Charleston,  S.  C.      1807. 

127.  Southey,  Robert.  Letters  from  England,  by  Manuel  Alvarez 
Espriella  [pseud.]  .  .  .  translated  from  the  Spanish.  Boston, 
1807.      First  American  edition. 

127.  Cranch,  William,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
District  of  Columbia.  Reports  of  cases  ...  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  ...  v.  2  and  3.  New  York, 
1807. 


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133.  Cicero.  M.  T.  Cicero's  Cato  major;  or,  his  Discourse  of  old 
age,  with  explanatory  notes,  translated  by  James  Logan.  Phila- 
delphia,  1744.      Printed  by  Benjamin  Franklin. 

132.  [Blauvelt.]       Fashion's  analysis;   or.  The  winter  in   town,  a 

satirical  poem,  by  Sir  Anthony  Avalanche  [pseud.]    .  .  .  New 
York,  1807. 

133.  Callender,  John.       Historical  discourse  on  the  civil  and  reli- 

gious affairs  of  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island   .  .   .  from  1638  to 
the  end  of  the  first  century.      Boston,  1739. 

133.  HopKiNsoN,  Francis.      Miscellaneous  essays  and  occasional  writ- 

ings.     Philadelphia,   1792.      3  v. 

134.  Thayer,  Rev.   Nathaniel.      Character  of  St.  Paul;  a  sermon 

preached  at  the  ordinadon  of  Rev.  Samuel  Willard   .  .  .  Deer- 
field,  on  the  23d  of  September,  1807.      Greenfield,  1808. 

134.  Pharmacopceia  OF  THE  Massachusetts  Medical  Society.  Bos- 
ton, 1808. 

1 34.  Bible.  New  Testament.  Greek.  Novum  Testamentum  Grzece 
ex  recensione  Jo.  Jac.  Griesbachii  .  .  .  Lipsiae,  1805  [printed*] 
Cantabrigiae,  Nov.-Anglorum,  1809  [reprinted].      2  v. 

134.  Abercrombie.  James,  D.D.  Lectures  on  the  catechism,  on 
confirmation,  and  on  the  liturgy  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.      Philadelphia,  1808. 

134.  Peters,  Rev.  Samuel.    History  of  the  Rev.  Hugh  Peters.     New 

York,  1807. 

135.  Unitarian  Pieces  and  Tracts.      No.    i.   A   discourse   on  the 

right  ...  of  free    inquiry    in    matters    of  religion,    delivered 

Nov.  I,  1807   .  .   .   Philadelphia,  1808. 
135.    SoTHEBY,   William.       Saul;   a  poem  in  two  parts.       London, 

1807.      Boston,  1808. 
135.    ViLLERs,  Charles  Francois   Dominique.       Essay  on  the  spirit 

and  influence  of  the  Reformation  by  Luther,  translated  by  B. 

Lambert.    Dover,  1807.    American  from  the  last  London  edition. 
138.    Dallas,  Alexander  James.      Reports  of  cases  ruled  ...  in  the 

several  courts  of  the  United  States,  and  of  Pennsylvania  .  .  . 

V.  4.      Philadelphia,  1807. 

138.  Lawes,    Edward.       Elementary    treatise    on    pleading    in    civil 

actions.      Portsmouth,   N.   H.,    1808.      First  American  from 
the  first  London  edition. 

139.  La   Croix,  J.  Amelot  de.      Military  and  political  hints  .  .  .  , 

translated  by  Samuel  Mackay  .  .  .  Boston,  1808. 


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143.     [Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins.]      Reports  of  cases   ...  in   the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts  from   March,  1806,  to 
June,   1807.      Part  2  of  v.  II.      Newburyport,  1808. 
Note.     For  Part  i,  see  page  118. 

143.  [Irving,  Washington,  and    Irving,  William.]      Salmagundi; 

or.  The  whim-whams  and  opinions  of  Launcelot  LangstafF,  and 
others.      New  Yark,  1807.      New  edition. 

144.  PlETAS     ET     GRATULATIO     CoLLEGII     CaNTABRIGIENSIS    APUD     NoV- 

anglos.      Bostoni,   Massachusettensium  ;    typis  J.   Green  et  J. 
Russell.      I  76 1. 

145.  Moms,  Judah.      Dickdook  Leshon  Gnebreet  ;  a  grammar  of  the 

Hebrew  language  .  .  .  Boston,  1735. 
145.    Cruden,  Alexander.      A   com.plete  concordance  to  the   Holy 
Scriptures   .   ,   .   Philadelphia,   1806.      First  American  edition. 
Note.     Or,  the  following  may  be  the  one  referred  to  : 

Brown,  Rev.  John.      Concordance  to  the  Holy  Bible.      New 
York,   1806.       Second   American   edition.      Pittsburgh,    1807. 

2  V. 
145.     [Mather,  Rev.  Cotton.]     Pietas  in  patriam  ;  the  life  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Phips   .   .   .  written  by  one  intimately  acquainted  with  him. 
London,  1697. 

Note.  The  above  is  the  only  edition  published  before  1808  of  which  ac- 
curate record  appears,  although  a  Boston  edition,  1696,  is  mentioned 
by  Sabin. 

145.    Turell,  Rev.  Ebenezer.      The   life  and   character  of  the    Rev. 

Benjamin  Colman,  D.D.   .   ,   .   Boston,  1749.' 
145.    Morton,  Nathaniel.      New  England's  memorial  .   .   .   Boston, 

1721. 
145.    Boylston,  Zabdiel.      Historical  account  of  the  smallpox  inocu- 
lated  in    New    England   .   .   .   London,    1726.       Reprinted    at 

Boston,  1730.      Second  edition. 
145.    Clap,  Thomas.      Annals    of  Yale    College,     1700-66.       New 

Haven,  1766. 
145.    [Ward,    Nathaniel.]       The    simple    cobbler    of  Aggawam    in 

America  .   .   .  London,  1647. 
145.    Wise,  Rev.  John.      A  vindication  of  the  government  of  the  New 

England  churches  .    .    .    Boston,  1772. 
145.    Smith,  Samuel  Stanhope,  D.D.      Discourse  on  the  nature  .    .  . 

of  baptism  .    .    .   Philadelphia,  i8o8. 


28o  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

146.  Allen,  Rev.  Thomas.  Sermon  preached  on  the  day  of  general 
election.  May  25,  1808.      Boston,   1808. 

146.  Chaplin,   Rev.  Daniel.      Sermon  delivered  May   26,    1808,  in 

Brattle   Street   Church,    Boston,   before    the   convention   of  the 
Congregational  ministers  of  Massachusetts.      Boston,  1808. 
Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

147.  Stael-Holstein,  Anne  Louise  Germaine  Necker,  Baronne  de. 

Corinna  ;   or,  Italy.      Boston,  1808.      2  v. 
147.     [Bryant,  William  Cullen.]      The  embargo;   or  Sketches  of 

the  times,  a  satire,  by  a  youth  of  thirteen.      Boston,  1808. 
147.    Puffer,  Rev.  Reuben.     Discourse  on  revealed  religion,  delivered 

in  the  chapel  of  the  University  in  Cambridge,  May  11,  1808 

.  .  .    Cambridge,    1808. 
Note.      The  Dudleian  lecture. 

147.  Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.D.  Signs  of  perilous  times  ;  a  sermon 
delivered  at  the  Public  fast,  in  West  Springfield,  April  7,  1808. 
Springfield,  1808. 

147.  [Hassall,  Miss.]  Secret  history;  or,  Horrours  of  St.  Do- 
mingo .  .  .  written  by  a  lady  at  Cape  Francois  to  Colonel 
Burr  .    .    .    Philadelphia,  1808. 

147.  Allen,  Rev.  Thomas.      Historical  sketch  of  the  county  of  Berk- 

shire and  town  of  Pittsfield  .    .    .    Boston,  1 808. 

148.  Sallust.      C.  Crispi  Sallustii  belli  Catilinarii  et  Jugurthini  His- 

toricc.      Notis  .    .   .   illustravit    P.    Wilson   .    .   .   New    York, 

1808. 
148.    Lathrop,   John,    D.D.      Discourse   delivered    .    .    .  April    13, 

1808,  at  the  interment  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  West,  D.D.  .  .  . 

To  which  is  added,  A  biographical  memoir  of  Rev.  Dr.  West 

by  Rev.  Thomas  Thacher.     Boston,  1808. 
148.    Thacher,  Rev.  Thomas.      Sermon  preached   ...   in  Dedham, 

April  7,  1808,  the  day  appointed  for  a  day  of  humiliation  and 

prayer  .    .    .   Dedham,  1808. 

148.  [Green,   John.]       New    general    collection    of    voyages    and 

travels  .    .   .   London,  1745—7.     4  v. 

Note.  This  is  usually  known  as  Astley's  Collection.  It  is  possibly  the 
work  referred  to,  though  there  can  hardly  be  certainty,  as  the  review 
never  appeared. 

149.  Hanson,  Alexander  Contee.      Accurate  report  of  the  argument 

on  a  motion  for  an  attachment  against  Baptis  Irvine   ...    for  a 
contempt  against  the  court  .   .   .   Baltimore,  1 808. 


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149.    Caldwell,  Joseph  Blake.      Oration,  pronounced  ...  at  Barre, 

July  4,  1808   .    .    .    Worcester,  1808. 
149.    MosELEY,    Ebenezer.      Oration,    pronounced    at    Newburyport, 

July  4,  1808   .    .    .    Newburyport,  1808. 
149.    Sampson,    Zabdiel.      Oration,   pronounced  in  the  new  meeting 

House  in  Plymouth,  July  4,  1808.      Boston,   1808. 
149.    Smith,   N.   Ruggles.      Oration,   delivered  at   Roxbury,  July   4, 

1808   .    .    .    Boston,   1808. 
149.    Cogswell,  Nathaniel.      Oration  delivered   before   the    Repub- 
lican citizens  of  Newburyport   ...   on  the  4th  of  July,  1808. 

Newburyport,  1808. 
149.    Nichols,  William,  Junior.     Oration  pronounced  July  4,  1808, 

at  West  Cambridge   .    .    .    Boston,  1808. 
149.    Billings,    John.      Oration,   pronounced  July   4,    1808   ...  on 

board   Sloop  William,    ofr    Portsmouth  harbour.       Portsmouth, 

1808. 
149.    Bigelow,  Abijah.     Oration  delivered  at  Bolton,  July  4,   1808. 

Leominster,   1808. 
149.    Bradford,    Alden.      Oration    delivered   at   Wiscasset,    July   4, 

1808. 
149.    Hodgson,  Moses.     Oration  pronounced  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  July 

4,  1808   ,   .   .  Dover,  1808. 
149.    Richardson,   James.      Oradon  .  .   .  pronounced  July  4,    1808, 

...   at  Dedham.      Dedham,    1808. 
149.    Freeman,    William.      Oration   delivered   at    the   request   of  the 

selectmen  of  Portland,  July  4,  1808.      Portland,  1808. 
149.    Fraser,  Charles.      Oration   delivered   in    St.    Michael's  church 

before    the    inhabitants    of    Charleston,    July    4,     1808    .    .    . 

Charleston,  S.  C,  1808. 

149.  [Ritchie,  Andrew,  Junior. '\      Oration  delivered  July  4,   1808, 

...  in  Boston   .   .   .   Boston,  1808. 

150.  Pelham,  William.      System  of  notation   .   .   .   Boston,  1808. 

152.  Richardson,  James.     Oration,    describing  the  influence  of  com- 

merce on  the  prosperity,  character,  and  genius  o\  nations, 
written  at  the  request  of  the  society  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and 
delivered  on  their  anniversary  at  Cambridge,  Sept.  i,  1808. 
Boston,  1808. 

153.  Review  of  "  Hints  on  evangelical  preaching,  by  a  barrister." 

Boston,  1808. 

Note.      American  review  of  an  anonymous  English  pamphlet. 


282  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

153.  A  GENERAL  ACCOUNT  OF  MiRANDa's  EXPEDITION.  Ncw  Yofk, 
1808. 

153,  [BiGGS,  James.]  The  history  of  Don  Francisco  de  Miranda's 
attempt  to  effect  a  revolution  in  South  America,  in  a  series  of 
letters,  by  a  gentleman  who  was  an  officer  under  that  general. 
.  .  .  Boston,  1808. 

153.  Brackenridge,    Hugh    Henry,     Modern   chivalry  .  .   .   Phila- 

delphia,  1804-7.      2  V. 

154.  Memoirs  of  the  Philadelphia  society  for  promoting  agricul- 

ture ...   V.  I.      Philadelphia,  1808. 

155.  Hubbard,    John.       Essay    on    musick,    pronounced    before    the 

Middlesex  musical  society,  Sept.  1807,  at  Dunstable,  Mass. 
n.  p.      I  808. 

Note.      Probably  the  oration  referred  to. 

156.  Reports  of  the  trials  of  Col.  Aaron  Burr  ...  for  treason 

and  for  a  misdemeanor,  in  preparing  the  means  of  a  military  ex- 
pedition against  Mexico,  etc.,  in  the  Circuit  court  of  the  United 
States.  .  .  .  ,  taken  in  shorthand  by  David  Robertson.  Phila- 
delphia, 1808.      2  v. 

156.    Scott,  Sir  Walter,  Bart.   Marmion  ,  .   .  Boston,  1808.    2  v. 

156.    Emerson,    Rev.    William.      A    selection   of  psalms  and  hymns 
.  .  .  suitable  for  private  devotion  and  the  worship  of  churches. 
Boston,  1808. 

159.  Blair,  Robert.  The  grave  ;  a  poem  ;  with  the  life  of  the  au- 
thor .    .    .   Boston,  1808.      New  edition. 

159.  Shattuck,  George  Cheyne,  M.D.  Three  dissertations  on 
Boylston  Prize  questions  for  the  years  1806  and  1807  .  .  . 
Boston,  1808. 

159.  A  faithful  picture  of  the  political  situation  of  New  Or- 
leans, at  the  close  of  the  last  and  the  beginning  of  the  present 
year,  1807.     Boston,  1808. 

Note.      Reprinted  from  the  New  Orleans  edition. 

159.  Dvv^ight,  Timothy,  D.D.      Sermon  preached  at  the  opening  of 

the  Theological  institution  in  Andover,  and  at  the  ordination  of 
Rev.  Eliphalet  Pearson,  LL.D.     Boston,  1808. 

160.  The    constitution    and    associate    statutes    of    the    Theo- 

logical Seminary  in  Andover,  with  a  sketch  of  its  rise 
AND  progress.     Boston,  1808. 

Note.     The  historical  sketch  was  written  by  the  Rev.  Eliphalet  Pearson. 


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160.  BowDEN,  John,  D.D.  The  apostolick  origin  of  Episcopacy 
asserted  in  a  series  of  letters  .   .   .   New  York,  1808.      2  v. 

160.  Skinner,  John,  Bishop.  The  nature  and  extent  of  the  Apostol- 
ical commission  ;  a  sermon  preached  at  the  consecration  of  the 
Right  Reverend  Dr.  Samuel  Seabury,  Bishop  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  Connecticut,  by  a  Bishop  of  the  Episcopal  Church 
in  Scotland.     London,  1785. 

160.     [Whittington,  Rev. ]     Travels  through  Spain  and  part  of 

Portugal.      Boston,  1808.      First  American  edition. 
Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

160.  AsHE,  Thomas.  Travels  in  America,  performed  in  1806  .  .  . 
Newburyport,  reprinted  from  the  London  edition,   i  808. 

160.    Crabbe,  Rev.  George.      Poems.      Philadelphia,  1808. 

160.  Blackstone,  Sir  William.  Commentaries  on  the  laws  of  Eng- 
land .  .  .  Portland,  1807.  4  v.  From  the  last  London 
edition. 

160.  [  Maturin,  Charles  Robert.]  The  wild  Irish  boy.  By  Den- 
nis Jasper  Murphy,  [pseud.].      New  York,  1808.      2  v. 

163.  Fox,  Charles  James.      History  of  the  early  part  of  the  reign  of 

James  the  Second   .   .   .   London,  1808. 

Note.  Fox's  letters  concerning  this  work  are  quoted  in  the  Intelligence 
columns  of  The  Monthly  Anthology  and  Boston  Review  for  May, 
1808. 

164.  An    inquiry    into    the   chemical    character    and    properties 

OF    that    SPeCIES    OF    COAL    .    .    .    LATELY    DISCOVERED    AT    RhODE 

Island   .   .   .  Boston,  1808. 

165.  Fanning,  Captain  Nathaniel.      Memoirs  of  the  life  of  Captain 

Nathaniel  Fanning,  an  American  navy  officer  .   .   .   New  York, 

1808. 
165.    Pierce,  J.  B.     Oration  delivered  before  the  Newport  .  .  .  Hy- 

carpedian  society  on  the  4th  of  July,  1808  .  .  .   Providence, 

1808. 
165.    Jansenykes,  Rev.  Williamson,  [pseud.].     Memoir  of  the  northern 

kingdom   .   .  .  written  A.  D.  1872    .   .   .  now  first  published, 

Quebeck,  A.  D.  1901,      [Boston,  1808.] 
165.    AiNSv/oRTH,  Robert.      Dictionary,  English  and  Latin,  abridged 

bv  T.  Morell.      Philadelphia,  1808.      First  American  edition. 
165.    "Two  Fanatical  Sandwich  Sermons." 

Note.  No  further  mention  of  these  sermons  is  made  in  either  The 
Monthly  Anthology,  or  the  Journal  of  the  Society  ;  and  it  is  impos- 
sible to  trace  them  elsewhere. 


284  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

165.  A    SHORT    ACCOUNT    OF    THE    PROCEEDINGS    OF    THE    CAMP    MEETING 

[of]  Methodists,  Pittsfield,  June.      Albany,  1808. 

166.  CusTis,   George   Washington   Parke.       Address  to  the  people 

of  the  United  States  on  the  importance  of  encouraging  agricul- 
ture and  domestick  manufactures  .    .   .  Alexandria,   1 808. 

166.  L'Amerique  delivree  ;  esquisse  d'un  poeme  sur  l'independ- 
ence  de  l'Amerique.  [Par  L.  C.  de  la  G.]  Amsterdam, 
1783.      2  V. 

166.  Robin,  Claude  C,  Fabbe.  Voyages  dans  I'interieur  de  la 
Louisiane  .  .  .  pendant  les  annees  1 802-1 806  .  .  .  Paris, 
1807.      3  V. 

166.  Bible.     The  Old   Covenant,  commonly  called   the  Old   Testa- 

ment, translated  from  the  Septuagint,  by  Charles  Thomson. 
Philadelphia,   1808.      4  V. 

Note.     The  fourth  volume  contains  the  New  Testament. 

167.  Blake,    Francis.      Examination   of  the   constitutionality   of  the 

Embargo  laws  .  .  .  To  which  is  added  the  Opinion  pro- 
nounced by  the  court  at  Salem.,  September  term,  1808. 
Worcester,  1808. 

167.  Ames,  Fisher.     Works,  compiled  by  a  number  of  his   friends 

.   .   .  Boston,  1 809. 

168.  "Dr.  Pearson's  historick  SKETCH."      Seepage  160.      Constitu- 

tion of  the  Theological  seminary. 

169.  Andrews,    Rev.  John.      Sermon  delivered  Nov.    26,    1808,   at 

the  interment  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Cary  .  .  .  Newburyport, 
1808. 

169.  [Watterston,  George.]      The  lawyer  ;  or,   Man   as  he  ought 

not  to  be ;  a  tale.      Pittsburg,  1 808. 

170.  Channing,    Rev.    William   Ellery.      Sermon   delivered  at  the 

ordination  of  the  Rev.  John  Codman,  .  .  .  Dec.  7,  1808. 
Boston,   1808. 

Note.      This  is  probably  the  sermon  referred  to,  as  the  review  appeared  in 
January,  1809. 

170.  Lathrop,  John,  D.D.  Sermon  delivered  on  the  day  of  publick 
thanksgiving  in  .  .  .  Massachusetts,  Dec.  i,  1808.  Boston, 
1808. 

174.  Stiles,   Ezra,   D.D.      History  of  three  of  the  judges  of  King 

Charles  the  First  .   .   .   Hartford,  1794. 

175.  Hauy,   Rene  Just.     Elementary  treatise  on  natural  philosophy, 

translated  ...  by  O.  Gregory.     London,  1807.      2  v. 


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176.  RoMEYN,  John  Brodhead,  D.D.  Two  sermons  delivered  in 
.  .  .  Albany,  Sept.  8,  1 808,  being  the  day  recommended  by 
the  General  assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  church  .  .  .  tbr  fasting 
,   .   .  Albany,    1809. 

176.  Talleyrand- Perigord,  Charles  Maurice  de.  Prince  de  Bine- 
vent.  Memoir  concerning  the  commercial  relations  of  the 
United  States  with  England   .   .   .   London,  1806. 

176.  [Brown,  Charles  Brockden.]  Address  to  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States  on  the  utility  and  justice  of  restrictions  upon 
foreign  commerce   .   .   .   Philadelphia,   1 809. 

176.  Sidney.  Algernon,  pseud,  [of  John  Allen].  Address  to  the  people 

of  New  England,  Dec.  15,  1808.      Washington,  1808. 

177.  Paine,  Robert  Treat,  ya»/d;r.    National  ode.  See  Spain   .    .   .  , 

page  181. 

177.  Lancaster,  Joseph.     Improvements  in  education  .  .  .  Seepage 

125. 

178.  [Marcet,  Mrs.  Jane  Haldimand.]      Conversations  on  chymistry 

.   .   .   from    the     last     London    edition.       Philadelphia,     1809. 
Second  American  edition,  enlarged. 

178.  Norton,  Rev.  Jacob.  Sermon,  illustrating  the  will  of  God  re- 
specting the  salvation  of  men.     Boston,  1 809. 

178.  Consulat  de  la  mer  .  .  .  being  the  law  of  Spain,  Italy,  Mar- 
seilles, and  England  .  .  .  according  to  the  original  edition  of 
Barcelona,  of  the  year  1 494,  by  P.  B.  Boucher. 

178.  Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins.  Reports  of  cases  ...  in  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  of  .  .  .  Massachusetts,  v.  3.  .  .  .June  1807  to 
the  end  of  the  year.     Newburyport,  1809. 

Note.      See  also  Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins,  etc.,  pages  118  and  143. 

178.  White,  William  Charles,  Compendium  and  digest  of  the  laws 
of  Massachusetts,      v.   i,  part  i,  Boston,  1809. 

178.  Belknap,  Jeremy.  History  of  New  Hampshire  ...  v.  I, 
Philadelphia,  1784.      v.  2-3,  Boston,  1791-2. 

178.  Williams,  Samuel.  Natural  and  civil  history  of  Vermont. 
Walpole,  N.  H.,  1794. 

178.  "A      VOLUME    OF    POETRY    BY    LADIES    OF    BoSTON." 

Note.      No  record  of  this  appears. 

1 79.  Croswell,  Joseph.      Sketches  of  his  life  and  extracts  from  his 

journals  and  other  writings.      Boston,  I  809. 

180.  Theological  tracts.  No.   i,  containing  Zollikoffer's  seven  ser- 

mons on  the  Reformation.     Boston,  1 809. 


286  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

1  80.  [Peuchet,  Jacques,]  Campaigns  of  the  armies  of  France,  in  Prus- 
sia, Saxony,  and  Poland,  under  the  command  of  .  .  .  the  Em- 
perour  and  King,  in  1806  and  1807  .  .  .  translated  from  the 
French  by  Samuel  Mackay.  Boston,  1809.  4  v.  in  2. 
181.  Spain;  an  account  of  the  public  festival  given  by  the  citizens 
of  Boston,  Jan.  24,  1 809,  in  honour  of  Spanish  valour  and 
patriotism  .   .   .   Boston,  1809. 

Note.  This  contains  a  Brief  sketch  of  Spain,  by  Robert  Treat  Paine, 
Junior;  also,  his  National  ode,  referred  to,  page  177,  as  "  R.  T. 
Paine's  Tremendous  ode  "  (?). 

181.  Horace.    Lyrick  works,  translated  into  English  verse ;  to  which 

are  added  a  number  of  original  poems ;  by  a  native  of  America 
[Col.  John  Parke  ?].      Philadelphia,  1786. 

182.  Chapman,  Nathaniel,  M.D.,  ^c///(?r.      Select  speeches,  forensic, 

and  parliamentary   .   .   .   Philadelphia,  1808.    5  v. 

183.  The    Port-folio,  edited  by   O.    Oldschool  [J.    Dennie].    Phila- 

delphia, 1801-05.      5  V.     New  series,   1806—08,  6  v.     Series 
2-4,  1809-20,  23  V. 

Note.     This  was  a  monthly  publication  devoted  to  literary  miscellany, 

183.  American  Law  Journal.     No.  i.     Boston,  1809. 

184.  Woodward,    Augustus    B.     Considerations    on    the    executive 

government    of  the  United   States    of  America.     New    York, 

1809. 
184.    Considerations    on  the  Abolition  of    the    Common  Law  in 

THE  United  States.     Philadelphia,  1 809. 
184.    Temple,   Samuel.     Arithmetical   primer  for  young  masters  and 

misses  .   .  .  Boston,  1809. 
1 84.    Hort,  William  Jillard.      The  new  Pantheon  ;    or.   An  intro- 
duction to  the  mythology  of  the  ancients  in  question  and  answer 

.  .  .  Boston,  1 809.     [New  edition.] 
184.    New  York  Medical  Repository.     Nos.    45    and    46.     New 

York,  1809.     Seepage   127. 

184.  Virgil.     The    Georgics   of  Virgil  .   .   .  translated  by  William 

Sotheby.     [In  verse,  with  the  text.]    London,  i  800. 

Note.      No  record  appears  of  an  edition  published  in  Connecticut, 

185.  [Grant,   Mrs.   Anne.]     Letters  from  the  mountains;  being  the 

real  correspondence    of  a  lady,  between  the  years    1773   ^^^ 
1807.     Boston,  1809,      2  V. 

186.  Morton,  Mrs.  Sarah  Wentworth  (Apthorp).     Beacon  Hill; 

a  local  poem.     Boston,  1797. 


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186.  Grimke,  Thomas  Smith.  Oration  on  the  character  of  the 
accomplished  orator,  delivered  ...  on  the  28th  day  of  Janu- 
ary, 1809,  being  the  anniversary  of  the  Charleston  Moot 
Society   .   .   .   Charleston,  S.  C,  1 809. 

186.     Barlow^,  Joel.      The  Columbiad  ;  a  poem.     Philadelphia,  1807. 

186.  Bible.  New  Testament,  in  an  improved  version,  upon  the 
basis  of  Archbishop  Newcome's  new  translation  .  .  .  Boston, 
1809.      From  the  London  edition. 

Note.  Or  the  Novum  Testamentum  Grzece,  edited  by  Griesbach,  men- 
tioned on  page  134.  Both  were  published  the  same  month,  and 
either  may  be  the  work  referred  to. 

186.  Gass,    Patrick.     Journal  of  the  voyages  and  travels  of  a  corps  of 

discovery,  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Lewis  and  Capt.  Clark 
.  .  .  from  the  mouth  of  the  river  Missouri  .  .  .  to  the  Pacifick 
ocean   .   .  .   Pittsburg,  1807. 

187.  Tour   through  part  of  Virginia  in    1808;  letters  including 

an  account  of  Harper's  Ferry   .   .   .   New  York,  1809. 
Note.     Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

188.  Holmes,  Abiel,  D.D.      Sermon  preached  at  Cambridge,  April  6, 

1809,  the  day  of  the  public  Fast.      Cambridge,  1809. 
188.    Lathrop,  John,  D.D.     The  comforts  of  religion  when  they  are 
most  needed  ;  a  discourse  delivered   .   .    .  after  the  decease  of 
Mrs.  Elizabeth    Lathrop,   by  her    bereaved    consort.      Boston, 
1809. 

188.  Dodsley,    Robert.       Collection    of   poems    by    several    hands. 

London,   1782.      6  v. 

189.  Butler,  Joseph,  Bishop  of  Bristol  and  Durham.      The  analogy 

of  religion  ...  to  the  course  of  nature  .  .  .  Boston,  1 809. 
Second  American  edition. 

189.  Ferguson,  Adam.      Essay  on  the  history  of  civil  society.     Bos- 

ton, 1809. 

190.  BiNNEY,   Horace.      Reports  of  cases  adjudged  in  the  Supreme 

Court  of  Pennsylvania,      v.  i,  parts  I  and  2.      Boston,  1809. 

191.  Georgick    papers  for    1809,   consisting  of  letters  and    extracts 

communicated  to  the   Massachusetts  society  for  promoting  agri- 
culture.     Boston,  1 809. 
Note.     See  also  page  82. 

192.  Osgood,   David,   D.D.      Discourse    delivered  .    .    .    May    31, 

1809,   being  the  day  of  general  election.     Boston,  1809. 


288  THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

192.  Report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  general  assembly  of 

.   .   .   Rhode  Island   ...    to   inquire   into    the  situation  of  the 
Farmers'  Exchange  Bank,  in  Gloucester  .   .    .    1809. 

193.  Tudor,  William,  Junior.     Oration  pronounced  July  4th,  1809, 

at  the  request  of  the  selectmen  of  .    .    .    Boston   .    .    .    Boston, 
1809. 

193.  Cary,  Rev.  Samuel.  Sermon  delivered  at  King's  Chapel,  Bos- 
ton, Jan.  I,  1809   .  .  .  Boston,  1809. 

193.  EcKLEY,  Joseph,  D.D.  Sermon  delivered  at  the  installation  of 
Rev.  Horace  Holley  to  the  pastoral  care  of  the  church  .  .  . 
in  Mollis  Street,  Boston,  March  8,  1809.     Boston,  1809. 

193.    Address   from  the    Berean  society  ...   in  answer  to  a  ser- 
mon delivered   by  Rev.  Jacob  Norton  entitled,  "  The  will  of 
God  respecting  the  salvation  of  all  men."      Boston,  1809. 
Note.      For  Norton's  sermon,  see  page  178. 

193.  Thompson,  Samuel.  Universal  restoration  vindicated  ;  a  reply 
to  a  discourse  by  Jacob  Norton,  Weymouth,  Dec.  18,  1808. 
Charlestown,  i  809. 

Note.      For  Norton's  sermon,  see  page  178. 

193.  Laura  ;  a  tale,  by  a  Lady  of  Philadelphia.      Philadelphia,  1809. 

Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

194.  Ladd,  Joseph  Brown.       Poems  of  Arouet    [pseud,   i.  e.  J.  B. 

Ladd].      Charlestown,  1786. 

Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

195.  Gregoire,    Henri,   Bishop  of  Blois.      Observations  critiques  sur 

le  poeme  de  Joel  Barlow,  'The  Columbiad.'      Paris,  1809. 

Note.      For  Barlow's  Columbiad,  see  page  186. 

196.  Edwards,  Rev.  Jonathan.      Works,     Boston,  1809.      8  v. 
196.   Smith,  Samuel  Stanhope,  D.D.      Lectures  on  the  evidence  of 

the  Christian  religion  .   .  .   Philadelphia,  1809. 

199.  Paley,  William,  D.D.  Caution  recommended  in  the  applica- 
tion and  use  of  scripture  language  ;  a  sermon.  Republished, 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  1809. 

199.  [Cramer,  Zadok.]  The  navigator,  containing  directions  for 
navigating  the  .  .  .  Mississippi  River,  etc.  .  .  .  Pittsburg, 
1808.      Sixth  Edition. 

199.     [Wheelock,  John,    D.D.,    President    of  Dartmouth    College.'^ 


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Eulogium   on   the   Rev,  John   Smith,   D.D.    .    .    .    Hanover, 
1809. 
201.    [Anstey,  Christopher.]      The  new  Bath  guide  ;  or.  Memoirs 
of  the  B-r-d  family  in  a  series  of  poetical  epistles.      Cambridge, 
1766.      Second  edition. 

NoTK.  This  is  probably  the  work  referred  to.  New  London  editions  fol- 
lowed at  intervals  up  to  1800.  The  edition  mentioned  in  the  Journal 
may  have  been  that  published  at  Bath,  England,  1807. 

204.  Neef,  Joseph.  Sketch  of  a  plan  and  method  of  education  .  .  . 
Philadelphia,  1808. 

204.  Allen,  Ira.     The  natural  and    political  history  of  the  state  of 

Vermont  .   .   .   London,  1798. 

205.  [More,    Hannah.]      Coelebs  in  search  of  a  wife.      New  York, 

1809.      2  V.      From  the  second  London  edition. 

205.  Eliot,  John,  D.D.  Biographical  dictionary,  containing  an  ac- 
count of  the  first  settlers  and  other  eminent  characters  ...  in 
New  England   .    .    .    Salem,  1 809. 

205.  Allen,  William.  American  biographical  and  historical  diction- 
ary .  .  .   Cambridge,  1 809. 

205.  Burnet,  William,  Governor  of  Massachusetts  and  New   Hamp- 

shire.    An  essay  on  Scripture  prophecy,  wherein  it  is  endeavored 
to  explain  the  three  periods  contained  in  the  i  2th  chapter  of  the 
prophet  Daniel.      [New  York],  1724. 
NoTK.     This  is  probably  the  work  referred  to. 

206.  Buchanan,    Rev.  Claudius.     The  star  in  the  East  ;   a  sermon 

preached  in  .  .  .  Bristol,  July  26,  1809  .  .  .  Philadelphia, 
1809. 
206.  Smith,  John.  The  doctrine  of  Christianity,  as  held  by  the 
people  called  Quakers,  vindicated ;  in  answer  to  Gilbert  Ten- 
nent's  sermon  on  the  Lawfulness  of  defensive  warfare.  Phila- 
delphia, 1747.     Second  edition. 

Note.  This  is  probably  the  work,  though  a  different  edition  may  be  here 
referred  to. 

206.    Barlow,  Joel.      Letter  to  Gregoire  ...  of  France,  in  reply  to 
his  letter  on  the  Columbiad.      Washington,  i  809. 
Note.     See  also  pages  288  and  306. 

206.    Wilson,  Alexander.      American  ornithology  .  .  .  Philadelphia, 
1 808-1  8 1 4.      9  V. 

Note.  Volume  i,  1808,  and  volume  2,  1810,  are  the  one*  here  re- 
ferred to. 

19 


290  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

207.  Jackson,  James.      Remarks  on  the  Brunonian  system.      Boston, 

1809. 

208.  Livingston,  Robert  R.     Essay  on  sheep  .  .  .  New  York,  1809. 

209.  [Tyler,  Royall.]     The  Yankey  in  London ;  a  series  of  letters, 

written  by  an  American  during  nine  months  residence  in  London 
.   .   .   New  York,  1 809.     v.  i. 

Note.     No  more  published. 

210.  Thompson's  Septuagint.      See  Bible.     Old  covenant,  page  166. 
213.    Neal,  Daniel.     History  of  New  England  .    .    .   London,  1747. 

2  V.  Second  edition. 

217.  Adams,  John  Quincy.  Lectures  on  rhetorick  and  oratory,  de- 
livered to  classes  ...  in  Harvard  University.  Cambridge, 
1809,      2  V. 

217.  Memoirs  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 
Part  I,  V.  3.      Cambridge,  1809. 

217.  [Sherlock,  Thomas,  Bishop  of  London.^  Trial  of  the  witnesses 
of  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  .  .  .  Boston,  i8og.  From  the 
twelfth  London  edition. 

217.  Moore,  Clement  Clarke.  Compendious  lexicon  of  the  He- 
brew language.     New  York,  1 809.      2  v. 

217.  Baldwin,  Loammi.  Thoughts  on  the  study  of  political  economy 
.   .  .   Cambridge  Mass,  1809. 

217.  Grotius,  Hugo.    De  veritate  religionis  Christians  .  .  .  Boston, 

1809. 

218.  Campbell,   George,   D.D.      Lectures  on  systematick    theology 

and  pulpit  eloquence.     Boston,  1809. 

218.  Calef,   Robert.      More  wonders   of  the  invisible   world  .  .  . 

London,  1700.     Salem  (reprinted),  1796. 

219.  Edgeworth,  Maria.     Tales  of  fashionable  life.      Boston,  1810. 

2  V. 

219.  Knickerbocker,  Diedrick  [pseud,  of  Washington  Irving].  His- 
tory of  New  York  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  to  the  end  of 
the  Dutch  dynasty  .  .  .   New  York,  1809.      2  v. 

219.  Search,  Edward  [pseud,  of  Abraham  Tucker].  Light  of 
nature  pursued.  London,  1805.  Second  edition.  7  v. 
Abridged,  London,  1807. 

219.  Bristed,  John.     Hints  on  the  national  bankruptcy  of  Britain 

.   .   .   New  York,  1809. 

220.  Cheetham,  James.       Life  of  Thomas  Paine  .   .   .   New  York, 

1810. 


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220.  [Walsh,  Robert.]     Letter  on  the  genius  and  dispositions  of  the 

French  government  .    .    .    Philadelphia,  1810. 

221.  BuisT,  Rev.  George.      Sermons.      New  York,  1809.      2  v. 

222.  Griffin,  Edward  Dorr,  D.D.     Sermon  preached  January  10, 

1 8  10,  at  the  dedication  of  the  church  in  Park  Street,  Boston. 
Boston,  1 8 10. 
2  2  2.    SiLLiMAN,   Benjamin.     Joumal   of  travels  in   England,    Holland, 
and  Scotland   ...   in  the  years  1805  and  1806.      New  York, 
1 8 10.      2  V. 

223.  Day,  Thomas.     Reports  of  cases  ...  in  the  Supreme  Court  of 

Errours  of  .  .  .  Connecticut,  in  the  years  1805,  1806,  and 
1807.     V.  2.      Hartford,  1809. 

224.  MiNOT,  George  Richards.      History  of  the  insurrection  in  Mas- 

sachusetts, in  the  year  1786;  and  the  rebellion  consequent 
thereon.     Boston,  18 10.     Second  edition. 

224.  Swift,  Zephaniah.      Digest  of  the  law  of  evidence  in  civil  and 

criminal  cases  .   .   .   Hartford,  18 10. 

225.  Caldwell,    Charles,    M.D.      Oration   commemorative    of  the 

character  and  administration  of  Washington,  delivered  before 
the  American  Republican  Society  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  2  2d  day 
of  February,  18 10.      Philadelphia,  1810. 

227.  [Peters,  Samuel  Andrew.]  General  history  of  Connecticut 
.   .   .  London,  1781. 

227.  Jay,  Peter  Augustus.  Oration  delivered  before  the  Washington 
Benevolent  Society  .  .  .  New  York,  18 10. 

229.  Essay  on  the  Climate  of  the  United  States  .  .  .  Phila- 
delphia,   1  809. 

229.  Smith,  Elizabeth.  Fragments  in  prose  and  verse,  by  Miss  Eliz- 
abeth Smith,  lately  deceased,  with  some  account  of  her  life  and 
character,  by  W.  M.  Bowdler.      Boston,  i8io. 

231.  Ramsay,  David,   M.D.     History  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Philadelphia,  1789. 

Note.     The  new  edition  here  mentioned  was  probably  that  published  at 
Trenton,  181 1. 

232.  Morton,  Thomas.      New    English  Canaan;  or.   New  Canaan 

.  .  .  Amsterdam,  1637. 
234.    NoTT,  Eliphalet,  D.D.     Miscellaneous  works.      Boston,  18 10. 

234.  Thacher,  James.     American  new  dispensatory  .  .  .  Boston,  18 10. 

235.  Adams,   Rev.  John.      Poems  on  several  occasions,   original   and 

translated.    Boston,  1745. 


292  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

235.  Essay  on  the  establishment  of  a  chancery  jurisdiction  in 
Massachusetts.     Boston,  1810. 

235.  WiELAND,  Christoph  Martin.  Oberon,  a  poem  from  the  Ger- 
man of  Wieland,  by  William  Sotheby  .  .  .  Newport  and 
Boston,  1 810.     First  American  from  the  third  London  edition. 

235.  Pennington,    Rev.    Montagu.      Memoirs    of  the   life    of  Mrs. 

Elizabeth  Carter.  Boston,  1 809.  First  American  from  second 
English  edition. 

236.  Review  of    "The  New  Testament,   in    an   improved  version 

upon  the  basis  of  Archbishop  Newcome's  translation,"  includ- 
ing a  review  of  Griesbach's  edition  .  .  .  ;  from  the  Eclectic 
review.     Boston,  1810. 

237.  Porter,    Eliphalet,   D.D.      The   simplicity   that  is   in   Christ 

.   .  .   ;  a  sermon   preached  in    Boston  .  .   .   May    31,    1810. 

Boston,  1 8 10. 
237.    Freneau,  Philip.     Poems  .  .   .  Philadelphia,  1786. 
237.    Scott,  Sir  Walter,  5/7r/.    Lady  of  the  lake  .  .  .   Boston,  18 10. 
237.    [Crafts,  William.]     The  Raciad,  and  other  occasional  poems. 

Charleston,  S.  C,  18 10. 
237.    Murray,  Lindley.     English  grammar  .    .   . 

Note.  It  is  impossible  to  determine  which  of  the  many  edidons  of  this 
work  is  here  referred  to.  The  sixteenth  edition,  Philadelphia,  1807  j 
that  published  in  New  York,  1 8 11 ,  from  the  nineteenth  English  edi- 
tion ;  and  the  Abridgment  of  Murray's  English  grammar,  Walpole, 
N .  H .,  1 8 1 1 ,  are  the  American  editions  which  coincide  most  nearly 
with  the  date  of  the  reference  in  the  Anthology  Journal. 

237.  Thomas,  Isaiah.  History  of  printing  in  America,  with  a  bi- 
ography of  printers  .  .  .  Worcester,  18 10.      2  v. 

239.  Bartlett,  Josiah,  M.D.  A  dissertation  on  the  progress  of 
medical  science  in  .  .  .  Massachusetts,  read  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  June  6th,  18 10. 
Boston,  1810. 

Note.      Probably  the  work  referred  to. 

239.  Report  of  the  committee   to  whom  was  referred,   on    the 

25th  of  January,  1810,  the  memorial  of  William  Lambert  .  .  . 
relating  to  the  establishment  of  a  first  meridian  for  the  United 
States,  at  the  permanent  seat  of  their  government.  [Washington, 
1 8 10?] 

240.  Warren,  John  Collins,  M.D.      Cases  of  organick  diseases  of 

the  heart  .  .  .  Boston,  1 809. 


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242.  [Tyler,   Royall.]      The   Algerine  captive ;  or.   The   life  and 

adventures  of  Doctor  Updike  Underhill  .  .  .  Walpole,  N.  H., 
1797.      2  V. 

243.  Montgomery,  James.      The  West    Indies;    and    other    poems. 

Boston,  1810. 

243.  AiKiN,   Lucy.     Epistles  on  women  .   .   .   Boston,  1810. 

244.  Bynkershoek,   Cornelius  van.      Treatise    on   the   law  of  war, 

translated  from  the  original  Latin,  with  notes,  by  Peter  Stephen 

Du  Ponceau.      Philadelphia,  18 10. 
244.    Bartlett,  Joseph.      Aphorisms  .  .  .  Portsmouth,  18 10. 
244.    Weems,  Rev   Mason  Locke.     Life  of  George  Washington  .   .   . 

Philadelphia,  18 10.     Tenth  edition. 
248.    Macknight,  James,  D.D.      New  literal  translation   ...  of  all 

the     apostolical    epistles    .     .     .    Boston,    18 10.      6  v.      First 

American  from  the  second  London  edition. 

248.  CooDY,    Abimelech.      Letter    ...    on    the   danger    of  putting 

money   into    the    United   States   and    Manhattan   Banks  .   .   . 
New  York,  1 8 1 1 . 

249.  Fessenden,  Thomas  Green.      Essay   on  the  law  of  patents  for 

new  inventions   .    .   .    Charlestown,  1810. 

250.  Gardiner,  John  Sylvester  John,  D.D,      Sermon  delivered  at 

Trinity  Church,  December  25,  1 8 10,  on  the  divinity  of  Jesus 
Christ.     Boston,  1 8 1 1 . 
250.    Lathrop,  Joseph,  D.D.     Christ's  warning  to  the  churches,  to 
beware    of  false    prophets  .    .   .  illustrated   in   two    discourses 
.   .    .   Boston,  1 8 1 1 .      Eleventh  edition. 

250.  [Ingersoll,  Charles  Jared.]    Inchiquin,  the  Jesuit's  letters,  during 

a  late  residence  in  the   United  States  .    .    .    New  York,  18 10. 

251.  HosACK,  David,    M.D.      Statement  of  facts  relative  to  the   .    .    . 

Elgin  botanick  garden   .    .    .    New  York,   181 1. 

251.  HosACK,  DwiD,  M.D.  Hortus  Elginensis  .  .  .  New  York, 
181 1.      Second  edition. 

251.  DuFiEF,  Nicholas  Gouin.  New  universal  and  pronouncing  diction- 
ary of  the  French  and  English  languages   .    .    .    Boston,!  811. 

255.  M'Clure,  David,  D.D.,  and  Parish,  Elijah,  D.D.  Memoirs  of 
the  Rev.  Eleazar  Wheelock,  D.D.   .   .   .   Newburyport,  181 1. 

257.  Parish,    Elijah,    D.D.      Eulogy   on  John    Hubbard,    Professor 

...   in    Dartmouth    college,    who    died    August    14,     1 810. 
Hanover,  1810. 

258.  Panoplist.     See  page  79. 


OFFICERS   AND    MEMBERS   OF   THE 
ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 


OFFICERS   AND    MEMBERS   OF   THE 
ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 

Presidents 

John  Sylvester  John  Gardiner 

October  3,  1805-December  11,  18 10 

John  Thornton  Kirkland 
February  5,  1811-July  2,  i8n 

Fice- Presidents 

William    Emerson 

October  3,  1805-December  5,  1809 

John    Thornton    Kirkland 
December  12,  1809-February  5,  181 1 

James    Savage 
February  5,  1811-July  2,  181 1 

Secretaries 

Arthur    Maynard    Walter 

October  3,  1805-January  2,  1807 

James  Savage 
January  8,  1807-February  5,  181 1 

George   Ticknor 
February  5,  1811-July  2,  181 1 

Treasurer 

William   Smith  Shaw 

October  3,  1805-JuIy  2,  181 1 

Editors 

David  Phineas  Adams 

November,  1803 -April,  1804 

William   Emerson 
May,  1804 

Samuel    Cooper    Thacher 
January  9,  1806 


298  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

Superintending  Committee 

Samuel  Cooper   Thacher 

January  9,  1806-June  5,  1806 

William  Smith  Shaw 
June  5,  1806-July  2,  1 811 

James  Savage 
November  19,  1807-July  2,  i8n 

Alexander  Hill  Everett 
December  6,  1808-August  1,  1809  (?) 

Original  Members 

John  Sylvester  John  Gardiner. 

Born  South  Wales,  1765  ;  died  Harrowgate,  England,  1830.     Rec- 
tor of  Trinity  Church,   Boston,    1 805-1 830.      President  of  the 
Anthology  Society,  1805-18 10. 
William  Emerson. 

Born  Concord,    1769;  died  Boston,  181 1.      Minister  of  the  First 
Church  in   Boston,    1799-181 1.       Successor   of  David   Phineas 
Adams   as   editor   of   The    Monthly    Anthologyy   in   May,    1804. 
Father  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 
Arthur  Maynard  Walter. 

Born  New  York,    1780;    died    Boston,   1807.     Secretary  of  the 
Anthology  Society,  1 805-1 807. 
William  Smith  Shaw. 

Born   Haverhill,   1778;  died  Boston,    1826.      Clerk  of  the  United 
States  District  Court.      Treasurer  of  the  Anthology  Society. 
Samuel  Cooper  Thacher, 

Born  Boston,  1785;  died  Moulins,  France,  1818.  Librarian  of 
Harvard  College,  1808-18 11.  Minister  of  the  New  South 
Church,  Boston,  1811-1818,  Successor  of  the  Rev.  William 
Emerson  as  editor  of  The  Monthly  Anthology^  serving  until 
June  5,  1806. 
Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster. 

Born  Portsmouth,    New    Hampshire,    1784;     died  Boston,    181 2. 
Minister  of  the    Church    in    Brattle    Square,    1805-18 12,   and 
writer.     Lecturer  on  Biblical  Criticism  at  Harvard,  1811-1812. 
Joseph  Tuckerman. 

Born  Boston,   1778;  died  Havana,   1840.      **  Unitarian  minister  at 
large  **  in  Boston.     Philanthropist  and  writer. 


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OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS  299 

William  Tudor,  Jr. 

Born  Boston,  1779;  died   Rio  Janeiro,  1830.     First  editor  of  the 
North    American    Revitw,    and    writer.       Brother    of    Frederic 
Tudor,  the  founder  of  the  ice  trade  in  tropical  countries. 
Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher. 

Born  Maiden,  1776  ;  died  Boston,  1843.     Judge  of  the  Municipal 
Court  in    Boston,    18 23-1 843.       Assumed    his    middle  name  in 
1811. 
Thomas  Gray. 

Born  Boston,    1772;    died  Roxbury  (?),    1847.       Minister  of  the 
Third  Church  in  Roxbury,  1 793-1 847. 
William  Wells. 

Born    Broomsgrove,    England,    1773;  died  Cambridge,   Massachu- 
setts,   i860.     Bookseller  in  Boston;   also  a  teacher.     Fellow  of 
the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 
Edmund  Trowbridge  Dana. 

Born  Cambridge,    1779;  died  there,   1859.     Justice  of  the  Peace. 
Founder  of  the  Dana  Library,  Cambridge. 
John  Collins  Warren. 

Born  Boston,  1778  ;  died  there,  1856.     Professor  of  Anatomy  and 
Surgery  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  1809—1856. 
James  Jackson. 

Born  Newburyport,  1777;  died  Boston,  1867.  Professor  of  the 
Theory  and  Practice  of  Physic  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School, 
1 81 2-1 836.     President  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 

Members  elected  subsequently 
1805 

Dec.  27.     Benjamin  Welles. 

Born  Boston,  1781  ;  died  there,   i860.     A  member  of  the  Suffolk 
Bar. 
Dec.  27.     Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner. 

Born  Bristol,  England,  1782;  died  Gardiner,  Maine,  1864.      Presi- 
dent of  the    Maine  Historical    Society,   1 846-1855.     Honorary 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.     Named  Robert 
Hallowell,  he  added  Gardiner  in  1802. 
1806. 
June  19.      Robert  Field. 

Born  Gloucester,  England  (?) ;  died  Jamaica,  1819.     Active  in  the 
Anthology  Society,  1 805-1 807.      Miniature  painter  and  engraver. 


300  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

1806. 

July  3.     James  Savage. 

Born  Boston,   1784.;   died  there,   1873.     President  of  the  Provident 
Institution  for  Savings,  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 
Author  of  A  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  the  first  settlers  of  New 
England. 
Oct.  16.     John  Thornton  Kirkland. 

Born  Little  Falls,  New  York,  1770;  died  Boston,  1840.  Min- 
ister of  the  New^  South  Church  in  Boston,  1794-1810.  Presi- 
dent of  Harvard  College,  1 810-1828. 

1807. 
Jan.    15.      John  Gorham. 

Born  Boston,    1783;     died    there,     1829.       Adjunct    Professor    of 
Chemistry  and   Materia  Medica  at  Harvard,   1 809-1 8 16.    Erving 
Professor  of  Chemistry  there,  18 16-1827. 
Jan.  22.     Joseph   McKean. 

Born  Ipswich,  1776;  died  Havana,   181 8.     Boylston  Professor  of 
Rhetoric  and  Oratory  at  Harvard,  1 809-1 8 1 8. 
Jan.  22.      Sidney  Willard. 

Born  Beverly,    1780;  died   Cambridge,    1856.      Librarian  at  Har- 
vard, 1 800-1  805.      Hancock  Professor  of  Hebrew  there,  1807- 
1831.     Mayor  of  Cambridge,  1 848-1 8 5 1.     Writer,  and  member 
of  the  legislature  and  council. 
Feb.  5.      Winthrop  Sargent. 

Born  Boston,    1783;  died  there,    1808.     A  graduate  of  Harvard, 
1803. 
1808. 
May  10.     John  Stickney. 

Born  Stoughton,    1742;  died  South  Hadley,    1826.      Teacher  and 
composer  of  music. 
Aug.  9.     Alexander  Hill  Everett. 

Born  Boston,  1790  ;  died  Canton,  China,  1847.     Minister  to  Spain, 
1825-1829.      Commissioner  to  China,  1 845-1 847.     Editor  and 
principal  proprietor  of  the  North  American  Review. 
1810. 
March  20.     Joseph  Head. 

Born  Boston,  1785;  died  Wheeling,  Virginia,  1882.     Merchant. 
June  12.      George  Ticknor. 

Born  Boston,  1791  ;  died  there,  1871.  Smith  Professor  of  the 
French  and  Spanish  Languages  and  Literatures  at  Harvard,  1817- 
1835.      Author  of  the  History  of  Spanish  Literature. 


OFFICERS   AND   MEMBERS  301 

1810. 

July  24.     Jacob  Bigelow. 

Born  Sudbury,  1787  ;  died  Boston,  1879.  Professor  of  Materia 
Medica  at  Harvard,  1815-1855.  President  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society,  and  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences. 

Corresponding  Members. 
1809. 

Oct.  24.    John  Pickering. 

Born  Salem,  1777,  died  Boston,  1846.      Philologist  and  writer  on 
law.      President  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 
and  of  the  American  Oriental  Society. 
Oct.  24.    John  Dexter  Treadwell. 

Born  Lynn,  1768;  died  Salem,  1833.  Honorary  M.D.  (Harvard) 
1 81 5.  An  eminent  physician,  philologist,  and  authority  on  the 
Bible. 

Note,     This  is  probably  the  one  referred  to. 

Oct.  24.    Jeremiah  Smith. 

Born    Peterborough,   New   Hampshire,  1759;    died    Dover,    1842. 
Scholar  and  jurist.      Governor  of  New  Hampshire,  1809-1810. 
Oct.  24.    Daniel  Webster. 

Born    Salisbury,    New   Hampshire,  1782;   died  Marshfield,    Massa- 
chusetts, 1852.      Mentioned  in  the  Journal  while  practising  law  in 
Portsmouth,  1806-18 12.      United  States  Senator  and  Secretary  of 
State. 
Oct.  24.    Nathaniel  Appleton  Haven. 

Born  Portsmouth,  1790;  died  there,  1826.     Lawyer  and  writer. 
Oct.  24.    Charles  Stewart  Daveis. 

Born   Portland,  1788;   died  there,    1865.      Lawyer.      President  of 
the  Massachusetts  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  i  853-1 865. 
Oct.  31.      Andrews  Norton. 

Born     Hingham,     1786;     died     Newport,     Rhode    Island,     1853. 
Librarian  at  Harvard,    1813-1821.      Dexter  Professor  of  Sacred 
Literature,  18 19-1830. 
Oct.  31.    Benjamin  Merrill. 

Born  Conway,  New  Hampshire,  1784;   died  Salem,  Massachusetts, 
1847.      Lawyer.      LL.D.  of  Harvard  in  1S45. 
Oct.  31.    John    Davis. 

Born  Plymouth,  1761;  died  Boston,  1847.     United  States  District 


302  THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 

1809. 

Judge,    1801-1841.      Editor  of  Morton's    Memorial,      President 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  181 8-1  843. 

Oct.    3  I  .     JOSIAH    QuiNCY. 

Born   Boston,    1772;  died  Quincy,   1864.     Member  of  Congress, 
1805-1815.      Mayor  of  Boston,  1 823-1  8Z9.      President  of  Har- 
vard, I  829-1 845.      Author  of  a  History  of  Harvard  University, 
and  of  a  History  of  the  Boston  Athenaum. 
Oct.  31.    Isaac  Parker. 

Born  Boston,   1768;  died  there,  1830.     Jurist.      Royall   Professor 
of  Law  at  Harvard,  1 8 1  5-1 827. 
Oct.  31.    John  Lowell. 

Born  Newburyport,  1 769  ;  died  Boston,  1 840.      Lawyer  and  politi- 
cal writer.      President  of  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  Society. 
Nov.  7.    Levi  Frisbie. 

Born  Ipswich,  1783;  died  Cambridge,  1822.     Alford  Professor  of 
Natural    Religion,   Moral    Philosophy,  and  Civil   Polity   at  Har- 
vard, 1 81 7-1 822. 
Nov.  7.    Paul  Allen. 

Born  Providence,  1775  ;  died  Baltimore,  1826.     Editor. 
Nov.  7.    James  Luce  Kingsley. 

Born    Windham,    Connecticut,    1778;     died    New    Haven,    1852. 
Librarian  at  Yale,    1805— 1824.      Professor  of  Hebrew,    Greek, 
and  Latin  there,  1805-1 851. 
Nov.  7.    Benjamin  Silliman. 

Born  North  Stratford,  Connecticut,  1779;  died  New  Haven,  1864. 
Professor  of  Chemistry  at  Yale,  1804— 1853.     Founder  and  editor 
of  the   American   Journal  of  Science,     Corporate  member  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Sciences. 
Nov.  7.    James  Kent. 

Born    Philippi,  New   York,   1763;    died    New  York   City,    1847. 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York,  1804— 18 14. 
Chancellor,  1814— 1823.     President  of  the  New  York  Historical 
Society,     Author  of  Commentaries  on  American  law. 
Dec.  5.     Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher. 

Although  the  Journal  contains  no  record  of  his  resignation  he  was 
proposed  as  a  corresponding  member  October  31,  1809,  and  was 
elected  December  5. 
1 8 10. 
Jan.    16.     William  Emerson. 

On  December  5,  1809,  Mr.  Emerson,  who  had  been  a  very  active 


OFFICERS   AND   MEMBERS  303 

1810. 

member  of  the  Anthology  Society,  and  editor  of  The  Monthly  An. 
thology,  resigned  as  an  actual  member;  and  on  January  16,  18 10, 
he  was  elected  a  corresponding  member. 
Feb.  13.    Thomas  Day. 

Born  New  Preston,  Connecticut,  1777;  died  Hartford,  1855. 
Secretary  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  18 10-1835.  President 
of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society,  1839-1855.  Author  of 
Digest  of  Reports  of  Supreme  Court  of  Errors,  from  1 786-1  829. 

Andrews  Norton  was  nominated  for  membership  May  3,  1808, 
and  again  on  September  29  of  the  same  year  ;  but  the  Journal  of  the 
Anthology  Society  contains  no  record  of  his  election  as  a  regular  mem- 
ber. On  October  31,  1809,  Mr.  Norton  was  chosen  a  corresponding 
member,  and  is  mentioned  as  such  several  times  during  the  years  1  809— 
1 810,  while  he  was  acting  as  tutor  at  Bowdoin  College. 

Andrew  Ritchie  was  also  proposed  for  membersh'p,  January  18, 
1808;  Washington  Allston,  April  11,  1809;  and  Professor  John 
Farrar,  January  9,  1810.  No  subsequent  mention  of  their  election  ap- 
pears in  the  Journal. 

Mr.  Ritchie  and  Mr.  Norton  are  mentioned  as  regular  members 
in  Quincy's  History  of  the  Boston  Athenaum. 


COLLATION   OF 
THE    MONTHLY   ANTHOLOGY 

BY    ALBERT    MATTHEWS 


COLLATION    OF 
THE    MONTHLY   ANTHOLOGY,    1803-1811 

Volume  I,  1803-1804 

The  I  Monthly   Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston    Review, 
I  Containing  |  Sketches     and    Reports  |  of  |  Philoso- 
phy, Religion,  History,  |  Arts  and  Manners,  |  Omnes 
undique  flosculos   carpam  atque   delibem.  |  Vol.    i.  [ 
1804. 

Boston  I  Printed  for  the  Proprietors  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis. 
I  Published  by  them  N°  7  Court  Street.  |  and  |  by  B.  &  J. 
Homans  N°  50  Marlbo.  Street  |   1804.  |  Callender  Sc? 

Collation:  Title,  l  leaf;  Preface,  pp.  i-iv  ;  Index,  pp.  v-viii  ;  The 
Monthly  Anthology,  November,  1803,  pp.  1-48;  December, 
1803,  pp.  49-96;  January,  1804,  pp.  97-144  ;  February,  1804, 
pp.  145-192;  March,  1804,  pp.  193-240;  April,  1804,  pp. 
241-288;  May,  1804,  pp.  289-336;  June,  1804,  pp.  337- 
384;  July,  1804,  pp.  385-432;  August,  1804,  pp.  433-480; 
September,  1804,  pp.  481-528;  October,  1804,  pp.  529- 
576;  November,  1804,  pp.  577-624;  December,  1804,  pp. 
625-672. 

The  Title  is  engraved.  Page  665  is  misnumbered  765.  The  first  page 
of  each  number  is  the  Title  of  that  number.  These  Titles  are  as  follows, 
except  that  rxiles  and  contents  are  omitted: 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology;  |  or  |  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature.  ]  Vol.  I.]  Novem- 
ber. [No.  I.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Edited  by  Sylvanus  Per-Se.  |  Boston :  |  Printed 
and  sold  by  E.  Lincoln,  Water-Street.  ]  1 803. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology  ;  |  or  |  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature.  |  Vol.  L]  De- 
cember, 1803.  [No.  II.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Edited  by  Sylvanus  Per-Se.  |  Boston: 
I  Printed  and  Sold  by  E.  Lincoln,  Water-Street.  \  1803. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology;  ]  or  |  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature.  ]  Vol.  I.]  January, 
1804.  [No.  III.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Edited  by  Sylvanus  Per-Sc.  |  Boston  :  |  Printed 
and  Sold  by  E.  Lincoln,  Water-Street.  |  1804. 


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The  1  Monthly  Anthology  ;  |  or  |  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature.  |  Vol.  I.]  February, 
1804.  [No.  IV.  I  C.ontents.  |  .  .  .  |  Edited  by  Sylvanus  Per-Se.  |  Boston:  |  Printed 
and  Sold  by  £.  Lincoln,  Water-Street.   |  1804. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology  ;  |  or  |  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature.  |  Vol.  L]  March, 
1804.  [No.  V.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  "  E  variis  lecti  flores."  |  Edited  by  Sylvanus  Per- 
se. I  Boston:   |  Printed  and  Sold  by  E.  Lincoln,  Water-Street,  j  1804. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology  ;  |  or  |  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature.  |  Vol.  I.]  April, 
1804.  [No.  VI.  |*Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  "  E  variis  lecti  flores."  |  Edited  by  Sylvanus 
Perse.  |  Boston  :  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  E.  Lincoln,  Water-Street.  |  1804. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthblogy  :  |  or,  |  Massachusetts  Magazine.  |  Vol.  I.  May,  1804. 
No.  VII.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  •  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street, 
Boston. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology:  |  or,  |  Massachusetts  Magazine.  |  Vol.  I.  June,  1804. 
No.  VIII.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street, 
Boston. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology  :  |  or,  |  Massachusetts  Magazine.  ]  Vol.  I.  July,  1804. 
No.  IX.  1  Contents.  [  .  .  .  |  Published  by  ]  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street, 
Boston. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston  Revievir.l  |  Vol.  I.August,  1804.  No.  X. 
J  Contents.  |  .    .   .  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street,  Boston. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston  Review.  |  Vol.  I.  September,  1804. 
No.  XI.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Published  by  [  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street, 
Boston . 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston  Review.  |  Vol.  I.  October,  1804.  No. 
XII.  I  Contents.  ]  .  .  .  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street, 
Boston. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  ]  and  |  Boston  Review.  [  Vol.  I.  November,  1804. 
No. XIII.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court-Street, 
Boston . 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston  Review.  |  Vol.  I.  December,  1804. 
No.  XIV.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  No.  7,  Court- 
Street,  Boston. 

^  The  genesis  of  this  title  is  as  follows.  Numbers  I-V  contained  a  de- 
partment headed  "Remarks  on  new  Publications"  (pp.  41,  89,  135,  185, 
a33).  In  Number  VI  the  heading  was  "Monthly  Catalogue  of  Publica- 
tions in  the  United  States,  for  April,  1804"  (p.  285).  In  Number  VII  the 
heading  was  "Remarks  on  new  Publications  ;  or  the  Boston  Review,  For 
May,  1804"  (p.  317).  In  Number  VIII  the  heading  was  "Remarks  on 
new  Publications  ;  or  the  Boston  Review,  For  June,  1804"  (p.  359).  In 
Number  IX  the  heading  was  "The  Boston  Review,  For  July,  1804" 
(p.  410).  In  Number  X  the  words  "The  Boston  Review"  were,  besides 
being  the  heading  of  the  department  on  page  461,  incorporated  in  the  Title 
of  the  magazine. 


COLLATION  309 

Volume  II,   1805 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston   Review, 
I  Containing  |  Sketches  and  Reports  |  of  |  Philosophy, 
Religion,  History,  |  Arts   and    Manners,  |  Omnes  un- 
dique  flosculos  carpam  atque  delibem.  |  Vol.  2"^.  \  1805. 

Boston  I  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis  |  N°  7  Court 
Street.  |  1805.  |  Callender  Scp 

Collation:  Title,  i  leaf;  Index,  pp.  i-iv;  The  Monthly  Anthology, 
January,  pp.  1-56  ;  February,  pp.  57-1 12  ;  March,  pp.  1 13-166 
[168];  April,  pp.  167  [i69]-222  [224];  May,  pp.  223  [225]- 
278  [280]  ;  June,  pp.  279  [281I-334  [336] ;  July,  pp.  335  [337]- 
390  [392];  August,  pp.  391  [393]-446  [448];  September,  pp. 
447  [4491-502  [504I ;  October,  pp.  503  [5051-558  [560];  No- 
vember, pp.  [559]  561-614  [616];  December,  pp.  615  [617}- 
678  [680]. 

The  Title  is  engraved.  Pages  217  [219],  238  [240],  458  [460],  are 
misnumbered  167,  138,  358.*  The  pages  are  correctly  numbered  to  and 
including  p.  152;  then  p.  153  is  misnumbered  151,  and  the  error  runs 
through  the  volume  :  hence  the  volume  contains  680  pages.  The  first  page 
of  each  of  the  first  two  numbers  is  the  Title  of  that  number.  These  Titles 
are  as  follows,  except  that  rules  and  contents  are  omitted: 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  [  and  |  Boston  Review.  |  Vol.  II.  January,  1805. 
No.  I.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  ,  |  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  and  B.  &  J.  Homans, 
Boston. 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  [  and  |  Boston  Review.  |  Vol.  II.  February,  1805. 
No.  II.  I  Contents.  |  .  .  .  ]  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis,  and  B.  &  J.  Homans, 
Boston. 


Volume  III,  1806 

The  I  Monthly  Anthology,  |  and  |  Boston  Review, 

I  Containing  |  Sketches  and  Reports  |  of  |  Philosophy, 

Religion,  History,  |  Arts  and   Manners,  |  Omnes  un- 

dique  flosculos  carpam  atque  delibem.  |  Vol.  3^  |  1806. 

1  The  type  used  in  paging  is  so  badly  worn  and  inked  that  the  figures  are 
often  undecipherable  ;  hence  many  pages  not  noted  may  be  misnumbered. 
This  remark  applies  to  several  of  the  succeeding  volumes. 


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Boston  I  Published  by  |  Munroe  &  Francis  |  N?  7  Court 
Street.   |    1806.   |   Callender  Sc? 

Collation:  Title,  I  leaf;  Index,  pp.  i-iv  ;  The  Monthly  Anthology, 
January,  pp.  I-56;  February,  pp.  57-112;  March,  pp.  113-168; 
April,  pp.  169-224;  May,  pp.  225-280;  June,  pp.  281-336; 
July,  pp.  337-392;  August,  pp.  393-448  ;  September,  pp.  449- 
504;  October,  pp.  505-560;  November,  pp.  561-616;  De- 
cember, pp.  617-672;  The  Political  Cabinet,  pp.  1-96. 

The  Title  is  engraved.  Pages  176,  233-248,  421,  469,  562,  648, 
are  misnumbered  174,  235-250,  221,  496,  362,  650.  There  are  no  pages 
numbered  233,  234.  The  Political  Cabinet  has  the  signature  "Vol.  III. 
Appendix.  A"  to  M,  in  fours.  Its  purpose  is  explained  by  the  following 
extract  from  p.  i : 

THE   POLITICAL   CABINET. 


Registra  in  usum  historije  complectuntur  prlncipum  edicta,  senatuum  decreta,  judicio- 
rum  processus,  orationes  publice  habitae,  epistolas  publice  missae,  et  similia,  absque 
narrationis  contextu,  sive  filo  continue.  —  Bacon  de  Aug.  Sci. 


In  order  to  give  a  more  durable  value  to  our  ivork  than  it  has  yet  possessed,  toe  propose  to 
appropriate  the  eight  pages,  which  in  consequence  of  increased  patronage  <ive  are  en- 
abled to  add,  to  the  publication  of  interesting  American  state  papers,  and  generally 
of  authenticated  documents,  having  for  their  objects  the  history,  statisticks,  &c.  of  our 
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THE    MONTHLY  ANTHOLOGY 

Authors''  names  as  written  at  the  end  of  each  article  by  James  Savage,  in  his  copy 
which  was  sold  at  the  Charles  Deane  sale  March  2g,  iSgS,  by  C.  F.  Libbie 
y  Co.;  combined  with  a  similar  but  incomplete  record  in  the  Athenaum  copy. 
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in  brackets.  Several  names  have  been  obtained  from  an  annotated  copy  of 
Volume  2  in  the  Williams  College  Library. 


VOL.  I 


Page 

254 

4 

W.  Emerson 

273 

6 

Phineas  Adams 

283 

10 

VV.  E.  Channing 

285 

14 

P.  Adams  (The  guest  No.  i) 

293 

14 

P.  Adams  (To  the  editor) 

293 

25 

F.  D.  Channing 

35 

P.  Adams 

299 

47 

Rev.  J.  Peirce  (first  piece) 

300 

S6 

F.  D.  Channing  (last  piece) 

308 

62 

W.  E.  Channing  (last  piece) 

82 

W.  E.  Channing 

319 

93 

P.  Adams 

320 

102 

W.  E.  Channing   (line  ending 

321 

"taste  of  savages") 

322 

103 

P.  Adams 

323 

106 

J.  Peirce 

326 

108 

P.C. 

336 

122 

F.  D.  Channing 

346 

130 

P.  Adams  (Nil  desperandum) 

362 

136 

P.  Adams 

365 

138 

P.  Thacher 

365 

143 

P.  Adams  (line  ending  "oblig- 

ing correspondent") 

371 

144 

D.  Brown 

152 

F.  D.  Channing  (first  piece) 

376 

156 

Rev.  J.  Peirce 

393 

160 

F.  D.  Channing  (Meditation) 

395 

174 

F.  D.  Channing 

404 

177 

W.  E.  Channing  (last  piece) 

407 

180 

P.  Adams 

411 

182 

John  Knapp 

413 

185 

J.  Knapp 

417 

230 

P.  Adams 

420 

236 

Dr.  Eliot  (first  piece) 

421 

Page 


F.  D.  Channing 

Ph.  Adams 

John  Knapp 

Wm.  Freeman 

W.  Emerson  (first  piece) 

W.      Emerson      (Introductory 

note) 
W.  Emerson 
W.  Emerson 
Dr.    Waterhouse   (line   ending 

"opulent") 
Dr.  Eliot 
Emerson 
Emerson 
Emerson 
Emerson 
J.  Knapp 

Emerson  (last  piece) 
Emerson 
Emerson 

Dr.  Eliot  (A  brief  retrospect) 
Emerson   (Eternal   purpose  of 

God) 
Dr.  Waterhouse  (Introductory 

note) 
Sally  Morton  (Ode) 
Dr.  Waterhouse 
Miss  Emerson 
J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 
Emerson 
Emerson 
P.  O.  Thacher 
P.  Thacher 
J.  Eliot 
Emerson 


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Page 

428  Emerson  (Literary  miscellany) 

451  Dr.  Waterhouse 

453  J-  S-  J.  Gardiner 

454  Miss  Emerson 
456  Emerson 

462  W.  Emerson 

464  Emerson 

470  J.  C.  Warren 

486  T.  Wallcut  (To  the  editor) 

496  Dr.  Waterhouse 

498  T.  Wallcut 

501  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

504  Dr.  Waterhouse 

511  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

514  P.  Thacher 

519  J.  Tuckerman 

532  P.Thacher  (first  and  last  pieces) 

535  J-  S.  J.  Gardiner  (first  piece) 

539  J-  Tuckerman  (first  piece) 

543  T.  Wallcut 

547  Emerson 

550  J.  Knapp 

554  F.  D.  Channing 

558  P.  Thacher 

559  Emerson 

565  S.  C.  Thacher 

567  T.  M.  Harris 

572  Emerson 

584  Waterhouse 

585  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

587  P.  Thacher 

588  T.  Wallcut 

591  Dr.  C.  Windship 

592  Dr.  Eliot 

593  J-  Tuckerman 
595  W.  Sargent 

599  T.  Wallcut 

600  Emerson 

602  J.  Knapp 

603  W.  Sargent 

608  P.  Thacher 

609  J.  Tuckerman 
612  S.  C.  Thacher 
615  J.  Tuckerman 
618  T.  Gray 

631  J.  Tuckerman 

635  Col.  Humphreys 

636  Emerson 
638  W.  Sargent 

646  Waterhouse 

647  Miss  Emerson 

653  J-  S.  J.  Gardiner  (first  piece) 

657  Rev.  A.  Bancroft 

659  P.  Thacher 

665  W.  S.  Shaw 

672  J.    C.    Warren    (signed    after 
"irrelevant  personalities") 


VOL.  II 
Page 

5  B.  Pollard  (top  piece) 

7  J.  Tuckerman  (top  piece) 

9  Col.  Humphreys  (top  piece) 

14  Waterhouse 

15  T.  Wallcut 
17  W.  Sargent 
20  J.  C.  Warren 

22  T.  Tracy 

23  S.  C.  Thacher  (Translator  of 

"Argenis") 

29  Emerson  (first  poetry) 

34  T.  Gray 

37  W.  S.  Shaw 

42  Sidney  Willard  (Art.  3) 

42  A.  M.  Walter  (Art.  4) 

43  S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  5) 
45  J-  S.  J.  Gardiner 

60  A.  M.  Walter 

64  B.  Pollard 

70  J.  Tuckerman 

71  J.  Tuckerman  (last  piece) 

73  Miss  Emerson 

74  W.  Sargent 
78  Waterhouse 
80  Wm.  Wells 

88  W.  Sargent 

89  Gray 

91  Dr.  J.  Jackson 

93  Dr.  Eliot 

94  A.  M.  Walter 

95  Emerson 

Attributed  to  Gray  in  Williams 
College  copy. 

96  P.  Thacher  (Art.  13) 
96  M.  Em-n  (Art.  14) 

96  S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  15) 

96  A.  M.  W.  (Art.  16) 

105  P.  Thacher  (top  piece) 

116  Dr.  C.  Windship 

120  T.  Tracy 

128  Waterhouse 

132  A.  M.  Walter 

133  Emerson  (No.  4) 

133  W.  Sargent  (No.  5) 

134  S.  C.  Thacher  (Argenis) 
136  P.  Thacher  (last  piece) 

140  J.  C.  Warren 

141  Miss  Emerson 

145  W.  Sargent  (Spring) 

145  W.  Sargent  (Song) 

152  P.   O.   Thacher    (page   begins 
"veniences  of  life") 

157  Wm.  Wells 

158  Dr.  Jackson  (Art.  19) 

159  Jos.  Tuckerman 
161  W.  S.  S.  (Art.  22) 


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Page 

A.  Norton 

341 

J.  Lowell 

J.  Tuckerman  (No.  4) 

342 

J.  Jackson 

J.  Tuckerman  (last  piece) 

344 

Miss  Emerson 

T.  Tracy 

352 

Waterhouse 

A.  M.  Walter  (line  ends  "un- 

356 

W.  Sargent  (Title  pages) 

altered  vigour") 

359 

T.  Tracy 

Emerson 

379 

Savage 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Argenis) 

382 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  52) 

T.  Wallcut  (first  piece) 

399 

Dr.  Coffin 

Emerson 

400 

A.    M.    Walter    (Introductory 

Emerson 

note  signed) 

W.  Sargent 

Attributed  to  E.  Dana  in   Wil- 

W. Sargent 

liams  College  copy. 

J.  Knapp  (Lines) 

402 

W.  Allston 

A.  M.  Walter 

40s 

J.  Gardiner  (Dr.  Jortin) 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  24) 

406 

Dr.  Waterhouse 

Wm.  Wells 

407 

A.  M.  Walter  (first  piece) 

Dr.  J.  Jackson 

416 

E.  Dana 

W.  Emerson  (Editor's  notes) 

417 

E.  Dana  (Love  epistle) 

Parson  Bancroft  of  Worcester 

417 

E.  T.  Dana  (Betty) 

(first  piece) 

Attributed    to    W.   Allston    in 

Waterhouse 

Williams  College  copy. 

A.  M.  Walter 

428 

J.  S.  Buckminster 

A.  M.  Walter  (Equality) 

430 

J.  Gardiner 

Attributed   to  W.  S.  S.  in  Wil- 

433 

Freeman 

liams  College  copy. 

435 

W.     S.     Shaw     (line     ending 

J.  C.  Warren 

"being  new") 

B.  Pollard 

436 

W.  S.  Shaw 

S.  C.  Thacher 

437 

S.    C.    Thacher    (line    ending 

J.  Jackson 

"neglected") 

Attributed    to    Dr.    Warren   in 

450 

Waterhouse 

Williams  College  copy. 

454 

A.  M.  Walter 

Emerson 

457 

A.  Norton 

Emerson 

461 

S.     C.     Thacher     (American 

Attributed    to    Buckminster  in 

poetry) 

Williams  College  copy. 

461 

W.  S.  Shaw  (Voltaire) 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

482 

A.  M.  Walter 

Emerson  (Art.  32) 

488 

W.  Sullivan 

Tuck^man  (Art.  34) 

491 

W.  S.  Shaw  (Art.  62) 

Gardiner  (Art.  37) 

491 

A.  M.  Walter  (Art.  63) 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  38) 

492 

Emerson  (To  the  editors) 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Notes) 

509 

A.  M.  Walter  (Introduction) 

W.  Dutton  (first  piece) 

510 

R.  H.  Chapman 

J.  Lowell 

514 

A.  Norton 

T.  Tracv 

517 

A.  M.  Walter 

A.  M.  Walter 

519 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  C.  Warren 

538 

E.  T.  Dana 

A.    M.    Walter    (Introductory 

541 

Emersoa 

note  to  Franklin's  letters) 

549 

Emerson 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Argenis) 

551 

J.  S.  Buckminster  (Art.  67) 

A.  M.  Walter   (Boston   Latin 

562 

Waterhouse 

literature) 

563 

J.  Eliot 

S.   C.   Thacher    (Introductory 

566 

F.  Ames 

note  to  Dryden's  Ode'i 

568 

J.  Jackson 

A.  M.  Walter 

569 

W.  Sargent 

T.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

571 

Emerson 

W.  S.  Shaw  (Art.  48) 

S74 

F.  Williams 

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A.  Norton  (Sannizarius) 

Capt.  J.  Dunham 

J.  Pickering 

W.  Tudor 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

Dr.  J.  Eliot 

P.  O.  Thacher 

J.  Eliot,  D.  D. 

A.  M.  Walter  (Art.  78) 

E.  T.  Dana 

J.  Jackson 

A.  M.  Walter 

W.  Sargent 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

W.  Emerson  (Cheerfulness) 

A.  M.  Walter 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Arts.  81,  82) 

E.  T.  Dana 
W.  Emerson 

S.  C.  Thacher  (line  ends  "his 
influence") 

VOL.  Ill 

W.  Tudor 

W.  S.  Shaw  (first  piece) 

J.  Jackson 

F.  Tudor  (first  piece) 
J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  S.  Buckminster 

[Shaw.?] 

Prof.  S.  Webber 

P.  Thacher 

F.  Ames  (Art.  3) 

W.  Tudor 

A.  M.  Walter 

E.  T.  Dana 

A.  M.   Walter   (Introductory 
note) 

S.  Webber 

B.  Welles 
W.  S.  Shaw 
J.  Tuckerman 
T.  Gray  (Art.  7) 

W.  Emerson  (Art.  8) 

T.  Gray 

J.  Freeman 

A.  M.  Walter  (Art.  10) 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Art.  Il) 

W.  Tudor 

J.  Freeman 

J.  Adams 

S.  C.  Thacher 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  Head  (Shipwreck) 

J.  Smith 

J.  S.  Buckminster 


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J.  Jackson 

H.  Adams 

James  Jackson  (first  piece) 

E.  T.  Dana 

S.  C.  Thacher 

W.  Tudor 

J.  Jackson 

A.  M.  Walter 

J.    S.    Buckminster    (Punning 

epigram) 
A.  Norton  (Spring) 
A.  Norton  (Solomon's  Song) 
A.  Norton  (Sunset) 
Prof.  S.  Webber 
R.  H.  Gardiner 
J.  Jackson 
J.  S.  Buckminster 
E.  T.  Dana 

A.  M.  Walter 
W.  Tudor 
W.  Emerson 
R.  H.  Gardiner 
J.  S.  Buckminster 
J.  S.  B[uckminster] 
J.  Eliot 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Poem) 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Geography  of 

North  America) 
W.  Tudor 

B.  Welles 
R.  Field 

A.  M.  Walter  (Levities) 

Mrs.  Morton 

P.  O.  Thacher 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

A.  M.  Walter 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

L.  Baldwin 

Judge  Davis 

[W.  Wells]  (Rees'  Cyclopedia) 

W.  Tudor 

W.  Tudor 

Calvin  Jones  of  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

(first  piece) 
A.  Norton  (Translation) 
T.  Sedgwick 
W.  Tudor 
J.  C.  Warren 
J.  Eliot  (Art.  21) 
W.  Wells  (Art.  32) 
J.  Savage  (Art.  33) 
J.  C.  Warren  (Art.  34) 
W.  Emerson 
W.  Emerson 
W.  S.  Shaw 
Ch.  Justice  Parsons 


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J.  S.  Buckmmster 
A.  M.  Walter 
R.  Field 

W.  Tudor   (line  ends  "droop- 
ing head  ") 
J.  Head  (first  poetry) 
J.  Pickering 

A.  M.  Walter 
W.  Sargent 
P.  Thacher 
P.  Thacher 

E.  T.  Dana  (Art.  43) 
W.  S.  Shaw  (Art.  44) 

B.  Welles 
James  Savage 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

P.  Thacher  (Remarker) 

J.  Pickering 

J.  Pickering 

B.  Merrill 

W.  Emerson  (Art.  47) 

W.  Emerson  (Art.  48) 

W.  Emerson  (Art.  49) 

A.  M.  Walter 

W.  B.  Sewall  (Art.  51) 

Attributed    to   Savage    in    the 
Journal,  page  90. 

W.  Emerson  (Art.  52) 

W.  Sargent  (Art.  53) 

A.  Norton 

W.  Emerson  (Epigram) 

J.  Gorham 

Lucius  M.  Sargent 

A.  Norton 

E.  T.  Dana 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

D.  W^ebster 
R.  Field 
W.  Sargent 
J.  Savage 

E.  T.  Dana 
J.  Savajre 

A.  M.  Walter 
L.  M.  Sargent 
Mrs.  Morton 
S.  Willard 

J.  Savage 
J.  Gorham 

B.  Welles 
B.  Merrill 
R.  Field 
J.  Savage 
P.  Thacher 
Mrs.  Morton 
E.  T.  Dana 
L.  M.  Sargent 
J.  Savage 


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653  W.  Sargent 

654  W.  Sargent 

656  F.  Ames 

657  A.  Norton 

66i  J.  T.  Kirkland  (Art.  69) 

66l  W.  Emerson  (Art.  70) 

VOL.  IV 

4  Dr.  Kirkland 

17  Buckminstcr 

20  J.   S.   J.   Gardiner   (Remarker 

No.  17) 

20  P.    Thacher    (Introduction    to 

second  piece) 

29  Chief  Justice  Dana 

33  John  Lowell 

36  Stickney  (Patriotism) 

38  Judge  Davis  (To  the  editors) 

40  J.  Q.  Adams 

45  A.  Norton 

47  J.  Tuckerman 

49  B.  Lincoln 

50  [Savage]  (Art.  3) 

51  P.  O.  Thacher 
61  Paul  Allen 

77  John  Lowell 

83  E.  T.  Dana 

87  B.  Merrill  (Another) 

93  J.  Knapp  (first  poem) 

97  P.  O.  Thacher 

102  Dr.  J.  Eliot 

103  W.  Sargent 
106  A.  Allen 
108  R.  Field 

116  R.  H.  Gardiner 

118  L.  M.  Sargent 

121  F.  D.  Channing 

123  W.  Emerson 

129  John  Lowell 

134  W.  S.  Shaw  (Introduction) 

135  Cremer 

139  J-  S.  J.  Gardiner 

144  J.  Q.  Adams 

154  J.  Gorham 

155  [Savage]  (Art.  11) 
160  L.  Baldwin 

162  L.  M.  Sargent 

163  [Savage]  (Art.  14) 
163  W.  Sargent  (Art.  15) 

^172  Paul  Allen 

179  L.  M.  Sargent 

184  J.  Lowell 

186  R.  H.  Gardiner 

190  Bishop  Cheverus 

196  R.  H.  Gardiner 

204  Dr.  J.  Gorham 


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[Savage]  (Art.  16) 

D.  Webster 
W.  B.  Sewall 
VV.  Sargent 
S.  WiUard 

P.  O.  Thacher 
J.  Lowell 
Dr.  Kirkland 
J.  McKean 
[Savage]  (Remarker) 
John  Lowell 
B.  Welles 
Dr.  Kirkland 
[Savage]  (Art.  23) 
L.  M.  Sargent 

E.  T.  Dana 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

W.  Sargent 

B.  Lincoln 

W.  Sargent  (Art.  29) 

B.  Lincoln  (Art.  30) 

[Savage]  (Art.  31) 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  Lowell 

W.  Sargent  (Epigrams) 

J.  McKean 

S.  C.  Thacher 

R.  Field 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  McKean 

B.  Lincoln 

Dr.  Kirkland 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

J.  Tuckerman  (Art.  38) 

B.  Lincoln  (Art.  39) 

Paul  Allen 

J.  Lowell 

R.  Field 

T.  Elwyn 

A.  M.  Walter 
W.  S.  Shaw 

B.  Pollard 
J.L. 

W.  Sargent 

Dr.    Kirkland    (first   appendix 

by  Dr.  Gorham) 
[Shaw?]  (Art.  43) 
W.  Emerson  (Art.  44) 
W.  Emerson 

Waterhouse  (Postscriptum) 
J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 
J.  Lowell 
J.  McKean 

Buckminster  (Translation) 
Jos.  Story 
[Savage] 
Dr.  Gorham 


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504 

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512 

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534 
536 
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544 
559 
563 
570 
570 
578 
586 
589 
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611 
613 
614 
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649 
656 

657 
662 
666 
670 

675 
676 
682 


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5 

18 
21 


G.  W.  Brimmer 
J.  Lowell  (Art.  50) 
W.  Emerson  (Art.  51) 
W.  Emerson 
B.  Lincoln 
J.  Lowell 
Paul  Allen 

A.  M.  Walter 
W.  S.  Shaw 
[Savage]  (Art.  47) 
J.  Story 
[Savage]  (Art.  55) 

S.  [C.  Thacher]  (Art.  56) 

[S.  C.  Thacher]  (Art.  57) 

Dr.  Kirkland 

S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  57) 

J.  Perkins,  Esq.  (Note) 

J.  Lowell 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

J.  Lowell 

B.  Welles 
Jos.  McKean 
[Savage]  (Art.  47) 
J.  Lowell  (Art.  60) 
W.  Emerson  (Art.  61) 
[Savage]  (Remarker) 
Paul  Allen 

J.  Lowell 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

WiUard 

Buckminster 

Kirkland 

Buckminster 

Mrs.  Morton 

Buckminste^ 

Willard 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

E.  T.  Dana 

S.  C.  Thacher 

J.  Lowell 

A.  M.  Walter 

D.  Webster 

Willard  (Alliteration) 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Alexander) 

W.  Channing  (Ode  to  winter) 

[Savage]  (Art.  67) 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

Willard 

J.  Lowell 

Dr.  Kirkland 

VOL.  V 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

Norton 

Benj.  Vaughan,  Esq. 

J.  S.  Buckminster 


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Page 

25  John  Lowell 

29  J.     T.     Kirkland     (Remarker 
No.  29) 

29  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Garth) 

30  Willard 

31  Buckmineter 

32  Emerson 

33  [Savage?]  (Simple  songs) 
33  Kirkland  (Public  schools) 
37  Emerson  (Obituary) 

45  McKean 

48  J.  Gorham 

51  Emerson  (Arts.  3  and  4) 

53  McKean 

57  J.  S.  Buckminster 

70  Paul  Allen 

75  J.  Lowell 

88  T.  M.  Harris 

93  J.  T.  Kirkland 

97  [Willard?]  (Vida) 

97  Emerson  (To  a  tardy  reviewer) 

98  R.  Field 

loi  J.    S.    J.    Gardiner    (Ode    to 

winter) 

109  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Art.  6) 

109  Emerson  (Art.  7) 

no  T.Gray 

122  S.  C.  Thacher 

126  J.  Lowell 

137  McKean 

139  J.  Lowell 

143  T.  M.  Harris 

147  Kirkland 

148  Buckminster 

149  [Savage]  (Milton) 

150  Willard 

161  Judge  Parker 

165  D.  Webster 

167  J.  Lowell 

172  Dr.  Eliot 

176  Buckminster 

183  Waterhouse 

193  J.  Lowell 

197  T.  M.  Harris 

204  Kirkland 

207  Willard  (Levity) 

208  Buckminster  (Sannazarius) 

208  Stickney  (Patriotism) 

209  Stickney  (Dr.  Donne,  Chaucer) 
212  A.  H.  Everett  (Lines) 

221  J.  Pickering 

226  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

236  Willard 

247  J.  Lowell 

251  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

252  A.  H.  Everett  (The  admirable 

Crichton) 


Page 

252  Willard  (Mottos) 

253  [Savage]  (Literary  papers) 
258  B.  Vaughan,  Esq.  (first  piece) 
267  S.  C.  Thacher 

277  [Savage]  (Art.  14) 

278  Kirkland 

281  Buckminster 

282  Buckminster 
292  Waterhouse 
305  B.  Vaughan 

308  A.  H.  Everett  (James  I) 

309  A.  H.  Everett  (Florian) 
309  A.  H.  Everett  (Horace) 
311  W.  Tudor 

313  Stickney 

319  J.  Lowell 

320  Bigelow  (The  mariner) 
320  W.  Tudor  (last  piece) 
328  S.  C.  Thacher 

334  J.  Story 

336  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

339  A.  H.  Everett 

340  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Art.  20) 
340  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Art.  21) 
342  Buckminster 

350  Paul  Allen 

353  T.  M.  Harris 

356  Stickney 

357  J-  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Ode) 

358  Stickney 
360  W.  Tudor 
372  Buckminster 
376  Bigelow  (Elegy) 

382  Judge  Parker 

383  [Savage]  (Art.  23) 

384  McKean 

387  W.  Tudor 

388  [McKean]  (Note  on  Dudleian 

Lecture) 

389  Stickney 

391  A.  H.  Everett 

396  Buckminster- 

404  J.  Lowell 

416  Paul  Allen 

419  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

425  Kirkland 

427  A.  H.  Everett 

428  A.  H.  Everett 

429  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Anomalies) 

429  Stickney  (Spain) 

430  A.  H.  Everett  (first  piece) 
433  Bigelow  (first  piece) 

441  S.  C.  Thacher  (Art.  26) 

449  R.  H.  Gardiner 

454  Stickney 

455  R.  H.  Gardiner 
460  Dr.  Eliot 


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489 

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508 

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509 

510 

511 

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530 

538 

540 

544 

549 

549 

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550 

550 

SSI 
553 
553 
558 
564 
565 
578 
579 
580 

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591 

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591 

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594 
594 
594 
595 
598 
599 
601 
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617 
622 

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654 


W.  Tudor 

Page 
655 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Grav) 

F.  Williams 

655 

W.  Tudor  (Hints) 

Buckminster' 

656 

A.  H.  Everett  (Si  tendre) 

Willard 

656 

W.  Tudor  (Winckelman) 

J.  Lowell 

657 

Stickney  (Elegiack  poetry) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Abuse  of  words) 

658 

W.  Tudor  (Algebra) 

W.  Tudor  (Parliaments) 

6^8 

A.  H.  Everett  (End) 

W.  Tudor  (Virgil) 

661 

W.  Tudor  (Prose) 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Ode) 

668 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

W.  Tudor  (Prose) 

671 

[Savage]  (Art.  42) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Art.  30) 

677 

W.  Tudor 

Buckminster  (Art.  31) 

679 

Dr.  Mead 

[Savage]  (Art.  32) 

683 

Francis  Parkman 

B.  Lincoln 

684 

W.  Tudor 

Buckminster  (Art.  34)" 

686 

[Savage]  (Art.  47) 

E.  T.  Dana 

A.  Norton  (first  piece) 
W.  Tudor 

VOL.  VI 

Paul  Allen 

6 

Buckminster 

J.  Lowell  (Saul) 

9 

Willard 

A.  H.  Everett 

12 

J.  Lowell 

W.  Tudor  (Modern  Enterprise) 

23 

W.  Tudor 

A.  H.  Everett  (Love) 

23 

A.  H.  Everett  (Manto) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Peiresc) 

24 

Willard 

N.  A.  Haven  (Shakespeare) 

25 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

A.     H.     Everett     (York    and 

28 

J.  Lowell 

Lancaster) 

29 

Buckminster 

N.  A.  Haven  (both  pieces) 

33 

Pelham 

N.  A.  Haven  (first  piece) 

35 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

Dr.  Bigelow  (second  piece"* 

37 

[Bigelow]  (Translation) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Art.  30) 

38 

Bigelow 

A.  H.  Everett 

46 

J.  Pickering 

Dr.  Gorham 

48 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

Walcutt 

S6 

W.  Tudor 

Walcutt 

59 

A.  H.  Everett 

Buckminster 

63 

Dr.  Eliot 

J.  Lowell 

76 

Willard 

A.  H.  Everett  (Biography) 

80 

W.  Tudor 

W.  Tudor  (A  critical  dance) 

83 

Pelham 

N.  A.  Haven  (Buchanan) 

84 

[A.  H.  Everett]  (Law) 

Stickney  (Breakfast) 

85 

A.  H.  Everett  (Imitation) 

W.        Tudor        (Metaphysics, 

85 

N.  A.  Haven  (\liss  Owenson) 

Washington) 

86 

W.  Tudor 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

86 

N.  A.  Haven  (Cervantes) 

Willard  (Prefaces) 

87 

A.  H.  Everett  (Blair's  grave) 

W.  Tudor  (Mengs) 

87 

W.  Tudor  (Portrait) 

Stickney  (Commentary) 

87 

Haven  (Statins) 

Buckminster  (Cui  bono) 

88 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

N.  A.  Haven 

94 

J.  Lowell 

J.  Lowell 

98 

P.  Allen 

W.  Walter 

102 

Emerson 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

103 

A.  H.  Everett  (Versio) 

S.  C.  Thacher 

115 

L.  Baldwin 

N.  A.  Haven 

119 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

W.  Tudor 

121 

F.  Parkman 

Sticknev 

123 

A.  H.  Everett  (Art.  8) 

J.  Lowell 

123 

Emerson  (Art.  9) 

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J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Art.  10) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Art.  11) 

W.  Tudor  (Art.  2) 

Elwyn 

[Willard] 

[Tudor]  (Introductory  note) 

T.  M.  Harris 

Pelham 

H.  Channing 

A,  H.  Everett 

Henry  J.  Tudor  (Three  epi- 
grams) 

Emerson  (Cicero) 

Stickney  (Philips) 

[Savage]  (Perversion  of  lan- 
guage) 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Military) 

W.  Tudor  (both  pieces) 

J.  Lowell 

[Shaw]  (Introductory  obser- 
vatibns) 

Gorham 

F.  Parkman 

S.  C.  Thacher 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

W.  Tudor  (Art.  14) 

B.  Lincoln  (Art.  15) 
R.  H.  Gardiner 
[Savage]  (Art.  3) 

S.  C.  Thacher 

Willard 

H.  Channing 

J.  Lowell 

A.  H.  Everett 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

J.  Lowell  (Chymistry) 

Bigelow  (Invocations) 

W.  Tudor  (Gothick  letter) 

[Savage]  (Tavern  keepers) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Trifle) 

Stickney  (Mimickry) 

W.  Tudor  (Spain) 

Bigelow  (Equitation) 

W.  Tudor  (Corinna) 

A.  H.  Everett 

P.  Allen  (Imitation) 

Frisbie  (Poem) 

Head 

Frisbie  (both  poems) 

Kirkland 

W.  Tudor 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

Miss  A.  C.  Lowell 

[Savage]  (Art.  21) 

W.  Tudor 

W.  Tudor 

A.  H.  Everett 


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300  W.  Tudor  (Invitation) 

300  Stickney     (line     ends     "devils 
aforesaid") 

300  W.  Tudor  (Ledyard) 

301  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Greatness) 
301  W.  Tudor  (Magistrate) 

301  A.  H.  Everett  (Epitaph) 

301  W.  Tudor  (Grattan) 

302  A.  H.  Everett  (Apologue) 
302  W.  Tudor  (Caution) 

302  A.  H.  Everett  (Philip  IV) 

308  J.  Lowell 

313  C.  S.  Daveis 

318  [Knight]  (Funeral  hymn) 

318  Knight  (Ad  aedem) 

329  J.  Pickering 

338  Kirkland  (Art.  23) 

338  F.  Parkman  (Art.  24) 

340  Dr.  Gorham  (Art.  25) 

340  F.  Parkman  (Art.  26) 

347  J.  G.  Cogswell  (last  piece) 

348  A.  H.  Everett 

349  Buckminster 

379  A.  H.  Everett  (Theocritus) 

379  J-  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Beef  eaters) 

380  [Savage]  (Columbus) 

381  S.  C.  Thacher 

382  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

383  A.  H.  Everett 
385  W.  Tudor  (Pitt) 

385  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  (Paterculus) 

389  Willard 

399  C.  S.  Daveis 

402  J.  Lowell 

403  Frisbie 

404  Frisbie  (Envy) 

This  poem  Ls  signed  "  C,"  which 
is  the  signature  used  by 
Frisbie  in  all  his  signed  con- 
tributions. 

404  Knight  (Descriptlo) 

405  Frisbie 

406  Buxton 
413  W.  Tudor 
415  Emerson 

419  J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

420  [Savage] 

421  A.  H.  Everett 

427  A.  H.  Everett  (Art.  6) 

427  A.  H.   Everett   (line  ends  "to 

receive  them") 

429  [Savage]  (Law  Journal) 

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3  W.  Tudor  (Introduction) 

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C.  S.  Daveis 

233 

Stickney  (first  poetry) 

21 

J.  Lowell 

233 

[Savage]  (Elegy) 

27 

Stickney 

234 

W.  Tudor 

28 

VV.  Tudor  (English  custom) 

234 

W.  Wells  (Grammar) 

28 

[Savage]  (Shakespeare) 

235 

Stickney  (Belcher) 

28 

Stickney  (Grecian  pictures) 

264 

[Savage]  (Art.  11) 

29 

Emerson  (VVinslow) 

271 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

29 

A.  H.  Everett  (Grecian  song) 

272 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

30 

Miss  Townsend  (Addison) 

290 

S.  C.  Thacher 

30 

Stickney  (Duelling) 

304 

Paul  Allen 

30 

W.  Tudor  (Elections) 

310 

W.  Scollay 

37 

Paul  Allen 

311 

W.  Tudor  (Theatre) 

39 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner 

311 

Ticknor  (Hebrew) 

40 

Knisht 

311 

Stickney   (hne   ends   "upon 

54 

Kirkland 

bed") 

S6 

Buckminster 

312 

[Ticknor]  (Steele) 

59 

W.  Tudor 

313 

Emerson  (first  piece) 

61 

Stickney 

313 

Ticknor  (Dryden) 

62 

A.  H.  Everett 

318 

Willard 

77 

Willard 

320 

Miss  Townsend  (first  poem) 

92 

Capt.  G.  Bradford 

320 

Frisbie  (Horace) 

92 

[Stickney]  (Huss) 

321 

Frisbie 

93 

Emerson  (Jews  harp) 

322 

Flint 

93 

W.  Tudor  (Dutchmen) 

337 

Quincy 

93 

Stickney  (Noy) 

338 

Emerson\ 

94 

Buckminster    (first   and    third 

345 

Kirkland 

pieces) 

346 

Gray  and  Emerson 

94 

[Tudor]  (Slave  trade) 

352 

Dr.  J.  Eliot 

100 

J.  Lowell 

366 

W.  Scollay 

104 

Kirkland 

371 

Perkins 

III 

J.  Davis,  Jr. 

372 

Emerson 

113 

[Norton]  (Summer  evening) 

376 

[Savage]  (Judgment) 

113 

Frisbie 

377 

[Sticknev]  (Lord's  Prayer) 

130 

[Norton]  (Art.  6) 

383 

W.  Tudor 

131 

Norton 

389 

Buckminster 

133 

[Savage]  (Art.  8) 

390 

[Bigelow] 

137 

R.  H.  Gardiner 

395 

W.  Allston  (Paint-king) 

166 

Capt.  G.  Bradford 

395 

Frisbie  (To ) 

167 

[Tr.  by  Tudor] 

400 

Buckminster 

174 

Stickney  (Cromwell) 

410 

Quincy 

174 

[Savage]  (Immortal  fame) 

414 

W.  Tudor 

174 

Kirkland  (Franklin) 

421 

Dr.  J.  Eliot 

175 

Stickney  (Grimston) 

175 

[Emerson]  (Gluttony) 

VOL.  VIII 

177 

[Stickney]  (Hume) 

177 

Stickney  (Norton) 

6 

W.  Tudor 

178 

Frisbie  (On  a  rose) 

II 

W.  Scollay 

178 

Norton  (Hymn) 

19 

J.  Freeman 

180 

Frisbie 

20 

Ticknor  (Buchanan) 

186 

Miss  Townsend 

21 

Savage]  (Rome) 

19s 

W.  Tudor 

22 

Kirkland]  (Light  of  nature) 

2CXD 

T.  Al.  Harris 

22 

Ticknor  (Criticks) 

204 

Dr.  Gorham 

23 

[Emerson]  (Self-command) 

212 

[Savage]  (Editor's  notes) 

25 

W.  Tudor 

221 

Willard 

32 

Willard 

225 

[Tr.  by  Tudor]  (Rousseau) 

34 

Flint 

232 

Capt.  G.  Bradford 

3S 

Flint  (Translation) 

CONTRIBUTORS 


327 


Page 

35  Dr.  Kirkland  (line  ends  "be 

known") 

45  Quincy 

50  L.  M.  Sargent 

58  W.  Tudor 

61  Samuel  Harris 

80  W.  Scollay 

89  Perkins 

94  W.  Tudor 

loi  S.  C.  Thacher 

103  Ticknor 

104  [Savage] 

105  W.  Tudor 

106  Dr.  J.  Eliot 
108  J.  Head  (Virgil) 
108  Norton  (Horace) 
III  W.  Allston 

122  Quincy 

128  VV.  Tudor 

136  Buckminster 

141  R.  H.  Gardiner 

155  Perkins 

166  Miss  S.  Vaughan  (Wither) 

166  Stickney  (Clarendon) 

167  [Savage]  (Gray's  Elegy) 

168  Ticknor 

169  Ticknor 

171  Head 

172  Frisbie 

173  Frisbie 
179  Hart 
183  S.  Harris 
193  W.  Tudor 
201  Buckminster 
206  R.  H.  Gardiner 
215  Buckminster 
227  Perkins 

241  W.  Tudor 

243  W.  Allston  (Luca) 

243  [Savage]  (Logical  division) 

243  Ticknor  (Etymology) 

244  Allston  (Caracci) 

244  Willard  (line  ends  "at  stake") 

247  Miss  E.  Townsend 

248  Frisbie 

268  S.  C.  Thacher 

271  W.  Tudor 

279  Kingsley 

283  [Tr.  by  Tudor]  (Michaux) 

298  Willard 

310  N.  A.  Haven  (Mimnermus) 

310  Kirkland 

3 14  P.  Allen  (Milton) 

316  Head  (first  poem) 

316  Frisbie  (Morning  hymn) 

317  Frisbie 
319  Gilman 


Page 

335  Kirkland 

339  [Savage] 

344  Dr.  J.  Eliot 

377  Willard  (Erasmus) 

377  [Savage]  (Cats) 

379  Paul  Allen  (Milton) 

379  W.  Tudor  (Ingratitude) 

380  W.  Tudor  (Fine  writing) 

388  Willard 

389  Head 

390  Knight 

391  J.  Richardson 

392  J.  Richardson 
419  A.  Norton 
42s  Dr.  J.  Eliot 

VOL.  IX 

7  Hon.  S.  Dexter 

17  Ticknor  (Aboriginal  wit) 

18  W.  Tudor  (Old  English) 

18  Savage  (Shakespeare) 

19  Ticknor  (Friendship) 

20  Stickney  (Burke) 

20  W.  Tudor  (Imprisonment) 

20  [Ticknor]  (Culloden) 

21  W.  Tudor 
24  Frisbie 

31  Savage 

44  Dr.  Gorham 

48  R.  H.  Gardiner 

55  Dr.  John  Eliot 

88  Ticknor  (Literary  blunders) 

88  Savage  (Tibullus) 

89  Savage  (Wit  in  sermons) 
89  Buckminster  (Dr.  Sykes) 

89  Savage  (Unexpected  reply) 

90  Savage 

100  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (first  poem) 

100  N.  A.  Haven,  Jr.  (Ode) 

116  A.  Norton 

128  Dr.  Kirkland 

132  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

162  Dr.    J.     Bigelow    (Hours    of 

study) 

162  Savage  (Invitation  to  dinner) 

164  J.  Head  (Early  hours) 

164  Savage  (Dryden) 

165  Savage  (Merchant  vessels) 
165  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Poets) 

173  Hon.    B.    Vaughan    (Bites    of 

mad  dogs) 

173  W.  Biglow  (Poetry) 

190  W.  Tudor 

194  Ticknor 

197  N.  A.  Haven,  Jr. 

198  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 


328 


THE  ANTHOLOGY  SOCIETY 


Page 

203     Dr.  J.  Bigelow 
205     Hon.  J.  Q.  Adams 
228     Dr.  J.  Bigelow 
241     Ticknor  (Milton) 

241  Savage  (Physicians) 

242  Dr.J.  Bigelow  (Scientifick  news) 

242  Savage  (Female  education) 

243  Head 

265     N.  Bowditch 
280     S.  C.  Thacher 

322  Prof.  Willard 

323  Ticknor  (Passion  and  fancy) 

323  Savage  (Posthumous  character) 

324  Ticknor       (Literary       fastidi- 

ousness) 
324    Savage  (Complete  answer) 
326    N.  A.  Haven 
339     Dr.  Gorhara 
344     Stickney 
347    N.  A.  Haven,  Jr. 

350  A.  Norton. 

351  W.  C[oolidge] 
369     ScoUay 

388  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

389  [Savage]  (Tiberius) 

390  Savage  (Calling  names) 

390  Dr.J.  Bigelow  (American  drink) 
401  J.  S.  Buckminster  (Intro- 
duction) 

A.  H.  Everett  (Introduction) 

Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

Dr.  J.  Eliot 

Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

Ticknor 


401 

403 
414 
419 
429 


VOL.  X 

5  Prof.  Willard  and  S.  C.  Thacher 

14  W.  ScoUay  (Visit  to  Lisbon) 

14  Ticknor  (Montesquieu) 

16  Ticknor  (Martial) 

17  Ticknor  (Leo  X) 
32  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 
40  Ticknor 

48  N.  Bowditch 

68  W.  C[oolidge] 

69  W.  C[oolidge] 
83  Scollay 

92  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Impartiality^ 

93  Savage  (Miraculous  cures) 
93  Savage  (Errours  of  the  press) 

93  Savage  (Philology) 

94  Ticknor  (Poetry  of  Cicero) 

95  Ticknor  (Eclogues) 
98  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

104  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

114  Buckminster 


Page 

117  Ticknor 

122  Benj.  Pollard 

142  W.  C[oolidge] 

155  Scollay 

167  Prof.   Willard   (English   trans- 
lations) 

167  Judge     Vanderkemp     (Frank- 

lin's motto) 

168  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Stage  blunders) 
168  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Dreams) 

168  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Philology) 

169  Dr.    J.     Bigelow     (Humanity 

rewarded) 

169  Ticknor  (Baldness) 

169  Ticknor  (Study  of  the  law) 

171  FrisHie 

184  J.  L.  Abbot 

199  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

200  Buckminster 

201  L.  M.  Sargent 

228  W.  Scollay  (Visit  to  Lisbon) 

245  President  Adams 

246  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Travellers) 

247  Savage  (High  commendation) 

248  [Ticknor]  (Fleetwood) 
248  Ticknor  (Hypercriticism) 
253  T.  M.  Harris 

263  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (first  poem) 

263  Frisbie  (second  poem) 

264  Frisbie  (Hor.  Lib.  i,  Ode  31) 

264  Frisbie  (Cavern  of  sleep) 

265  Frisbie 

266  Frisbie 

272  Buckminster 

307  Scollay 

326  Prof.  Willard 

327  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Wines) 

327  Ticknor  (Voltaire) 

328  Ticknor 

329  Dr.  J.  Bigelow  (Niagara  Falls) 
329  Ticknor  (Cosmeticks) 

335  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

348  Dr.  Kirkland 

36s  [S.  C.  Thacher]  (Editor's  ad- 
dress) 

379  W.  Scollay 

389  Prof.  Willard 

393  N.  A.  Haven,  Jr. 

395  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

396  Ticknor 

397  N.  A.  Haven,  Jr. 
399  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 
402  Dr.  J.  Bigelow 

421  Rev.  J.  S.  Buckminster 

426  Prof.  Ticknor 


INDEX 


INDEX 


Abbot,  Rev.  Abiel,  his  Discourse  de- 
livered before  the  Portsmouth  Female 
Asylum,  iig,  275 

John  Lovejoy,  contributor,  328 

Abercrombie,  Rev.  James,  212;  his  Lec- 
tures on  the  catechism  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  134,  147,  278 

Adams,  Rev.  Cornelius,  his  Sermon,  69, 
266 

David  Phineas,  editor,  4,  297,  298; 

contributor,  317 

Hannah,  68,  209;   contributor,  320 

President  John,  68,  249,  252;  con- 
tributor, 320,  328 

Rev.  John,  his  Poems  on  several  oc- 
casions, 23s,  236,  291 

John  Quincy,  12,  40,  55,  loi,  105, 

182,  197,  212,  249;  his  Lectures  on 
rhetorick  and  oratory,  217,  225,  290; 
contributor,  321,  328 

Phineas.    See  Adams,  David  Phineas 

Addison,  Joseph,  159,  196,  240 

Adrian  IV.,  Pope,  212 

Aikin,  Arthur,  his  Annual  review,  41 

John,  his  Letters  to  a  young  lady  on 

English  poetry,  71,  77,  88,  98,  113,  266; 
his  Geographical  delineations,  103,  272 

Lucy,  her  Epistles  on  women,  243, 

203 

Ainsworth,  Robert,  his  Dictionary,  Eng- 
lish and  Latin,  165,  180,  283 

Akenside,  Mark,  his  Pleasures  of  the 
imagination,  58,  80,  264 

Alden,  Rev.  Timothy,  119,  265,  275 

Allen,  A.,  contributor,  321 

Ira,  his  Natural  and  political  history 

of  Vermont,  204,  289 

John,  his  Address  to  the  p)eople  of 

New  England,  176,  285 

Paul,  102,  los,  IIS,  132,  147,  150, 

168,  182,  190,  202,  208,  227;  his  Ora- 
tion at  Rehoboth,  Sz,  268;  his  contri- 
butions signed  "R,"  115;  correspond- 
ing member,  212;  biographical  note, 
302;  contributor,  321-327 

Rev.  Thomas,   his  Sermon  on  the 

day  of  general  election,  146,  147,  280; 
his  Historical  sketch  of  the  county  of 
Berkshire,  147,  149,  280 

William,  his  American  biographical 

dictionary,  205,  229,  232,  236,  237,   289 

AUinson,  David,  his  Geography  an  amuse- 
ment, 112,  273 
Allston,  Washington,  12,  156,  185,  217, 


223,  228,  238,  244,  303;  contributor, 
319,  326,  327 

Alsop,  Richard,  273;  his  translation  of 
Berni's  Enchanted  lake,  78,  267 

Alston.     See  Allston 

American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 
its  Memoirs,  42,  57,  217,  262,  290 

American  Law  Journal,  183,  286 

American  Nepos,  113,  274 

"American  Sappho,"  78 

Amerique  deUvr^e,  166,  176,  284 

Ames,  Fisher,  39,  57,  103,  148,  149,  167; 
his  Works,  167,  187,  189,  206,  210,  212, 
284;  contributor,  319-321 

Anacreon,  42,  211,  212,  228,  233,  235,  238, 
262 

Andover  Theological  Seminary,  its  Con- 
stitution and  associate  statutes,  with 
a  sketch  of  its  rise  and  progress,  160, 
161,  162,  166,  181,  282,  284 

Andrews,  Rev.  John,  his  Sermon  at  the 
interment  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Cary, 
69,  179,  284 

Annals  of  the  life  of  Pitt,  105,  272 

Anstey,  Christopher,  his  New  Bath 
guide,  201,  289 

Anthology  Reading-Room,  89,  99;  pro- 
posed by  W.  S.  Shaw,  73;  prospectus, 
73;  committee  appointed,  88,  92;  re- 
port of  committee,  94;  trustees  elected, 
95 ;  books  conveyed  to  trustees,  96; 
amendment  as  to  election  of  trustees, 
97 

Anthology  Society,  constitution  adopted, 
10,  35 ;  last  meeting,  21;  constitution, 
29-32;  journal,  35-258;  ofEcers elected, 
35.  76,  91.  100,  123,  157,.  165,  204,  216, 
240,  248;  assessment  levied,  40,  44,  47, 
49,  53,  69,  99,  139;  library  instituted, 
41;  cost  of  suppers,  49,  79,  82,  123,  127; 
constitution  amended,  50,  54;  anni- 
versary dinner,  90,  91,  133,  134,  155; 
Ufe  subscribers  of  the  Athenaeum,  116, 
171;  treasurer's  accounts  examined, 
121,  163,  197;  fines,  155,  171-173; 
corresponding  members,  193,  201,  202, 
208-212,  215,  216,  220,  224,  244; 
ofiicers  and  members,  295-303 

Appleton,  Rev.  Jesse,  President  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  146 

Ashe,  Thomas,  his  Travels  in  America, 
160,  163,  179,  180,  283 

"Athenajum  Shaw,"  11 

.■\ttempt  to  vindicate  the  American  char- 
acter, a  reply  to  T.  Moore,  113,  274 

Austin,  Charles,  84,  269,  272 


INDEX 


Austin,  William,  his  Essay  on  the  char- 
acter of  Christ,  114,  123,  274 

Avery,  John,  80 

Azuni,  Domenico  Alberto,  his  Maritime 
law  of  Europe,  100,  271 

B 

Bacon,  Francis,  his  Essays,  iig,  275 
Baldwin,  Loammi,  76,  77,  iii;   contribu- 
tor, 320 

Loammi,  Jr.,  108,  iii,  155,  166,  168, 

177,  202;  his  Thoughts  on  the  study  of 
poUtical  economy,  217,  2go;  contribu- 
tor, 321,  324 

Rev.  Thomas,  his  Baptism  of  be- 

hevers  only,  276 

Bancroft,  Rev.  Aaron,  40,  03;  his  Essay 
on  the  Ufe  of  Washington,  126,  12S, 
277;  contributor,  318,  319 

George,  40 

Barlow,  Joel,  195,  201;  his  Columbiad, 
186,  197,  287,  288;  his  Letter  to  Gre- 
goire,  206,  210,  289 

Bartlett,  Joseph,  his  Aphorisms,  244,  293 

Josiah,  his  Dissertation  on  the  prog- 
ress of  medical  science  in  Massachu- 
setts, 239,  292 

Bascom,  Rev.  Wilham,  262 

Bates, ,  202 

Beattie,  James,  113,  274 

Beegs.    See  Biggs 

Belknap,  Rev.  Jeremy,  his  History  of 
New  Hampshire,  178,  221,  285 

Bentley,  Rev.  WilHam,  his  Sermon  at  the 
ordination  of  Rev.  Joseph  Richardson, 
97,  271;  his  Sermon  on  the  day  of  gen- 
eral election,  1807,  116,  117,  274 

Berean,  125,  276 

Berean  Society,  Address  in  answer  to  a 
sermon  by  Rev.  Jacob  Norton,  193,  288 

Beresford,  James,  his  Miseries  of  human 
Ufe,  106,  127,  272 

Bernard, ,  241 

Berni,  Francesco,  his  Enchanted  lake,  78, 
84,  267 

Berquin  Duvallon, ,   his  Travels  in 

Louisiana,  92,  99,  270 

BettinelU,  Saverio,  176 

Bible,  166,  210,  213,  221,  226,  284,  290 

New  Testament,  186,  287 

New  Testament,    Greek,   134,  258, 

278,  287 

Bigelow,  Abijah,  his  Voter's  guide,  115, 
274;  his  Oration  at  Bolton,  July  4, 
1808,  149,  281 

Jacob,  12,  35,  149,  158,  170,  182- 

184,  211,  234-240,  243-245,  248-251, 
253-257;  admitted,  234;  biographical 
note,  301;  contributor,  323-328 

Biggs,  James,  his  History  of  Miranda's 
revolution  in  South  America,  153,  159, 
2S2 

Biglow,  William,   238;    contributor,   327 

See  also  Bigelow 

Billmgs, ,  133 


Billings,  John,  his  Oration,  July  4, 1808,  on 

board   sloop   William,   off  Portsmouth 

Harbour,  149,  281 
Binney,  Horace,  his  Reports  of  cases  in 

Pennsylvania,  190,  2S7 
Bisset,  Robert,  his  Life  of  Burke,  102,  272 
Black,  Joseph,  his  Lectures  on  chemistry, 

105,  113,  273 
Blackstone,    Sir    WilHam,  his    Commen- 
taries on  the  laws  of  England,  160,  283 
Blair,  Robert,  his  Grave,  159,  169,  176, 

2S2 
Blake,  Francis,  his   Examination  of   the 

constitutionahty  of  the  Embargo  laws, 

167,  284 
Blatchford,  Samuel,  his  Elements  of  the 

Greek  language,  125,  276 
Blauvelt,    ,    his   Fashion's   analysis, 

132,  278 
Blodget,  Samuel,  his  Economica,  108,  264, 

273 
Boaden.     See  Bowden 
Books  mentioned  in  the  Journal,   259- 

293 
Boston  Athenjeum,    114,    174,   221,    237, 

261;    members  of  the  Anthology  Soci- 
ety, life  subscribers,  116,  171 
Boucher,  Pierre  B.,  his  edition  of  Consulat 

de  la  mer,  286 
Bowden,  Rev.  John,  his  ApostoUck  origin 

of  Episcopacy,  160,  162,  173,  178,  185, 

2S3 
Bowditch,  Nathaniel,  12,  239;   contribu- 
tor, 328 
Bowdler,  Henrietta  Maria,  her  Account 

of  Miss  Elizabeth  Smith,  291 
Bowen,  Rev.  Nathaniel,  his  Discourse  on 

the  death  of  General  Gadsden,  51,  52, 

263 
Boylston,  Zabdiel,  his  Historical  account 

of  the  smallpox  inoculated  in  New  Eng- 
land, 145,  202,  279 
Brackenridge,  Hugh  Henry,  his  Modern 

chivalry,  153,  282 
Bradford,  Alden,  his  Oration  at  Wiscas- 

set,  July  4,  1808,  149,  281 

Capt.  G.,  contributor,  326 

Breckinridge.     See  Brackenridge 

Brewster,  David,  273 

Brimmer,     George    Watson,     115,     118; 

contributor,  322 
Bristed,  John,  his  Hints  on  the  national 

bankruptcy  of  Britain,  219,  227,  290 
British  treaty,  120,  276 
Brown,  Bartholomew,  and  others;    their 

Columbian    and    European    harmony, 

95.  134,  271 

Charles  Brockden,   his  Address  to 

Congress  on  restrictions  upon  foreign 
commerce,  176,  180,  285;  his  transla- 
tion of  Volney's  United  States,  275 

D.,  contributor,  317 

Rev.  John,  his  Concordance  to  the 

Holy  Bible,  279 

William  Hill,  his  Ira  and  Isabella, 

127,  277 


INDEX 


333 


Brj-ant,  ^Yilliam  Cullen,  his  Embargo,  20, 
147,  17S,  280 

Buchanan,  Rev.  Claudius,  his  Star  in  the 
East;   a  sermon,  206,  289 

George,  219 

Buckminster,  Rev.  Joseph,  15 

Rev.  Joseph  Stevens,  11,  35-39,  43, 

44.  47.  51-58,  61-64,  66,  67,  69-75,  95. 
no,  119-127,  132,  134-136,  139,  140, 
142,  145,  146,  148-150,  152,  153,  155- 
i6g,  171,  173-175,  17S-180,  182,  185, 
186,  1S8,  192,  194,  195,  199,  200,  206- 
210,  213,  216,  219-222,  224,  226,  228, 
250-232,  234,  236,  238,  239,  244-246, 
249,  253-255,  258;  his  Memoir,  quoted, 
15,  16;  gift  of  books,  41;  biographical 
note,  298;  contributor,  319-32S 

Buist,    Rev.    George,    his   Sermons,  221, 

2^2,  291 

Buonaparte.     See  Napoleon 

Burke,  Edmund,     102,     233,     272;      his 

\\'orks,  103,  272 
Burn,  Richard,  his  Justice,  271 
Burnet,  Wilham,  his  Essay  on  scripture 

prophecy,  206,  2S9 
Burns,  Robert,  103 
Burr,  Aaron,  280  ;  his  Trials,  156,  282 
Butler,    Bishop   Joseph,  his   Analogy   of 

rehgion,  189,  192,  287 

Buxton, ,  191;   contributor,  325 

Bynkershoek,  Cornelius  van,  his  Treatise 

on  the  law  of  war,  244,  246,  293 


Csesar,  Mair's  edition,  82,  268 

Cables,  George,  272;  his  New  York  term 
reports,  52,  263;  his  Cases  argued  in 
the  court  for  the  Correction  of  Errors 
in  New  York,  52,  263;  his  Lex  mer- 
catoria  Americana,  52,  77,  263 

Caldwell,  Charles,  his  Oration  commem- 
orative of  the  character  and  adminis- 
tration of  Washington,  225,  227,  291 

Joseph  Blake,  his  Oration  at  Barre, 

July  4,  1808,  149,  281 

Calef,  Robert,  his  More  wonders  of  the 
invisible  world,  218,  290 

Calhoun,  Mrs. ,  234 

Callender,  John,  his  Historical  discourse 
on  the  affairs  of  Rhode  Island  from 
1638  to  the  end  of  the  first  century,  133, 
139,  140,  278 

Calvin,  John,  160 

Camoens,  Luis  de,  his  Poems,  66,  72,  265 

Camp  meeting  of  Methodists,  165,  284 

Campbell,  Rev.  George,  his  Lectures  on 
systematick  theology,  218,  290 

Canning,  George,  187 

Caracci.     See  Carracci 

Carey,  Matthew,  89,  194 

See  also  Cary 

Carr,  Sir  John,  his  A  northern  summer, 
66,  26s;  his  Stranger  in  Ireland,  106, 
272,  276 


Carracci,  Annibale,  228 

Carter,  Mrs. ,  120 

Carter,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  235,  292 

Cary,  Rev.  Samuel,  222;  his  Address  to 
the  Merrimack  Humane  Society,  91, 
92,  270;  his  Sermon  delivered  at 
King's  Chapel,  Jan.  i,  1809,  193,  195, 
28S 

Rev.  Thomas,  284 

Thomas  Greaves,  222 

Catullus,  170 

Chandler,  Rev.  Thomas  Bradbury,  his 
Life  of  Samuel  Johnson,  53,  263 

Channing,  Francis  Dana,  167,  187,  188, 
189;  contributor,  317,  318,  321 

Rev.  Henry,  179;   contributor,  325 

\Valter{.'),  contributor,  322 

Rev.   William  Ellery,   4,   218;    his 

Duties  of  children,  a  sermon,  116,  274; 
his  Sermon  at  the  ordination  of  Rev. 
John  Codman,  170,  284;  contributor, 
317 

Chaplin,  Rev.  Daniel,  his  Sermon  in 
Brattle  Street  Church,  146,  280 

Chapman,  Nathaniel,  his  Select  speeches, 
125,  182,  276,  286 

Robert  Hett,  37;   contributor,  319 

Chappotin,  Leon,  79 

Charles  I.,  212,  284 

Charnock,  John,  his  Biographical  me- 
moirs of  Nelson,  97,  98,  271 

Chase,  Samuel,  Report  of  his  trial,  42, 
262 

Cheetham,  James,  his  Life  of  Thomas 
Paine,  220,  290 

Cheselden,  William,  his  Anatomy,  80,  267 

Cheverus,  Cardinal,  iii,  114;  contribu- 
tor, 321 

Christian  Monilor,  66,  72,  83,  88,  96,  104, 
114,  119,  134,  14s,  169,  177,  211,  265 

Cicero,  179;  his  Cato  major,  125,  132, 
146,  148,  277,  278 

Clap,  Thomas,  his  Annals  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, 145.  279 

Clarke,  William,  287 

Cock,  Thomas,  his  Inaugural  dissertation 
on  respiration,  52,  67,  263 

Cockings,  George,  256 

Codman,  Rev.  John,  284 

Coffin,  Dr. ,  contributor,  319 

Cogswell,  Joseph  Green,  1S3;  contribu- 
tor, 325 

Nathaniel,    his   Oration  before  the 

citizens  of  Newburyport  on  the  4th  of 
July,  1808,  149,  281 

Colburn,  Zerah,  244 

Collins,  William.  176,  227,  245 

Colman,  Rev.  Benjamin,  145,  230,  279 

Columbus,  190,  198 

Complete  Justice  of  the  Peace,  98,  271 

Considerations  on  the  abolition  of  the 
common  law  in  the  United  States,  184, 
185,  286 

Consulat  de  la  mer,  178,  285 

Coody,  Abimclech,  his  Letter  on  the  United 
States  and  Manhattan  Banks,  24S,  293 


334 


INDEX 


Coolidge,  WilliamC?),  242;  contributor, 
328 

Cooper,  James,  81-83,  87,  88,  go,  113, 
117,  154-156,  181,  193,  204,  205,  226, 
244,  254,  256 

Coxe,  John  Redmond,  271;  his  American 
dispensatory,  98,  271 

Crabbe,  Rev.  George,  his  Poems,  160,  167, 
283 

Crafts,  William,  244;  his  Raciad,  237, 
292 

Cramer,  Zadok,  his  Navigator,  199,  288 

Cranch,  William,  55,  202;  his  Reports  of 
cases  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States,  127,  277 

Cremer, ,  contributor,  321 

Cromwell,  Richard,  203 

Croswell,  Joseph,  his  Sketches  of  his  life, 
179,  285 

Cruden,  Alexander,  his  Complete  concor- 
dance to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  145,  279 

Cullen,  William,  his  Of  first  lines  of  the 
practice  of  physick,  52,  55,  263 

Cumberland,  Richard,  his  Memoirs,  93, 
gS,  271 

Custis,  George  Washington  Parke,  his 
Address  on  the  importance  of  encour- 
aging agriculture  and  domestick  man- 
ufactures, 166,  168,  169,  284 


D 


Dallas,  Alexander  James,  his  Reports  of 
cases  in  several  courts  of  the  United 
States,  and  of  Pennsylvania,  138,  278 
Dana,  Edmund  Trowbridge,  35,  38,  42, 
43.  51-53,  55,  56,  62,  64,  66,  67,  70,  72, 
74-76,  83,  87,  93,  96,  98-102,  107,  108, 
no.  III,  113,  117-119,  122,  124,  125, 
127,  133,  13s,  139,  153,  154,  157,  166, 
178,  249;  biographical  note,  299;  con- 
tributor, 319-322,  324 

Francis,  loi;   contributor,  321 

Rev.  James,  his  Twenty-six  sermons, 

100,  112,  272 

Joseph,  his  Address,  118,  119,  275 

Daveis,  Charles  Stewart,  202,  233;     cor- 
responding member,  209;    biographical 
note,  301;   contributor,  325,  326 
Davies,  B.,  his  Sketch  of  the  geography  of 

North  America,  71,  266 
Davis,  Isaac  P,  72,  90,  91 

^  J.,  Jr.,  198;  contributor,  326 

Davis,  Judge  John,  80,  145,  202,  205,  216; 
corresponding  member,  211;  biographi- 
cal note,  301;   contributor,  320,  321 

John,    of   New  York,    his  Life   of 

Moreau,   77,    267;    his  translation  of 
Berquin  Duvallon's  Travels,  270 

John,   of   Salisbury,    England,   his 

First  settlers  of  Virginia,  52,  57,  263 

Richard  Bingham,  his  Poems,  iii, 

113,  273 

Dawes,  Thomas,  199 

Day,  Thomas,  202;   his  Reports  of  cases 


in  Connecticut,  91,  223,  270,  291;  cor- 
responding member,  223;  biographical 
note,  303 

Dean,  Henry,  his  Analytical  guide  to 
penmanship,  115,  118,  274 

Deane,  Rev.  Samuel,  195 

Dearborn,  Henry  Alexander  Scammell, 
his  Oration  pronounced  in  Salem,  July 
4,  1806,  84,  269 

Dela  Croix.     See  La  Croix 

Delano,  Mrs.  Hannah,  118 

Dennie,  Joseph,  editor  of  Port  Folio,  14, 
286 

Depon.     See  Pons 

Dermody,  Thomas,  223,  272 

Desmarais.    See  Regnier  Desmarais 

Dexter,  Samuel,  115;   contributor,  327 

Dobson,  Thomas,  his  Letters  on  the  Deity, 
98,  105,  271 

Dodsley,  Robert,  his  Collection  of  poems, 
188,  287 

Dow,  Rev.  Daniel,  82,  07,  268;  his  Famil- 
iar letters  to  the  Rev.  John  Sherman, 
70,  266 

Drayton,  John,  his  View  of  South  Caro- 
lina, 58,  70,  264 

Dryden,  John,  213,  238 

Dubois,  Edward,  his  My  pocket  book, 
120,  276 

Dudleian  Lecture,  149 

Duer,  John,  his  translation  of  Juvenal's 
Third  satire,  270 

Dufief,  Nicholas  Gouin,  65,  95;  his  Nat- 
ure displayed,  42,  95,  262,  270;  his 
Logick  of  facts;  or  the  conduct  of 
William  Rawle,  70,  266;  his  New  dic- 
tionary of  the  French  and  English 
languages,  251,  293 

Dunham,  Josiah,  45;  contributor,  320 

Du  Ponceau,  Peter  Stephen,  his  transla- 
tion of  Bynkershoek's  Law  of  war,  244, 
246,  293 

Dutton,  Warren,  167,  189,  190,  211;  con- 
tributor, 319 

Dwight,  Theodore,  Alsop,  Richard,  and 
others,  their  Echo,  108,  113,  273 

Rev.  Timothy,  his  Sermon  at  the 

opening  of  the  Theological  Institution 
in  Andover,  159,  161,  162,  166,  282 


E 


Eckley,  Rev.  Joseph,  his  Sermon  de- 
livered at  the  installation  of  Rev. 
Horace  Holley,  193,  195,  288 

Edes,  Rev.  Henry,  51,  263 

Edgeworth,  Maria,  her  Leonora,  84,  269; 
her  Tales  of  fashionable  life,  219, 
290 

Edwards,  Rev.  Jonathan,  his  Works,  196, 
288 

Eliot,  Rev.  John,  38-40,  55,  58,  69,  82,  90, 
9Q,  133,  139,  140,  145,  213,  216,  218, 
219,  230,  232,  234,  237,  242;  his  Sermon 
at  the  ordination  of  Rev.  Henry  Edes, 


INDEX 


335 


51,  ss,  263;  his  Biographical  diction- 
ary of  New  England,  205,  229,  232, 
236,  237,  289;  contributor,  317-321, 
323.  324.  326-328 

Ellicott,    Andrew,    his  Journal,    77,    go, 

267 
Elliott.    See  Eliot 
Elwj'n,  Thomas,  in,  178;    contributor, 

322,  325 
Emerson,   Rev.  Joseph,   his  Two  minor 

catechisms,  125,  276 

Mary  Moody,  contributor,  317-319 

Ralph  Waldo,  298 

Rev.  William,  11,  35,  39-46,  48,  51, 

52,  55,  58,  62,  65-67,  69,  70,  72-74,  76, 
77,  81-84,  87-89,  91,  93-99,  101-103, 
108-111,  115,  117,  119,  120,  124,  131, 
132,  134,  135,  139,  142,  144,  154,  155, 
157,  158,  169,  176-179,  189-191,  193- 
197,  200,  204,  206,  207,  211,  213-217, 
240,  298;  editor,  4,  297;  his  preface 
to  vol.  i,  quoted  in  full,  5-9;  vice- 
president,  36,  91,  157,  204,  297;  gift 
of  books,  41;  his  Discourse  before  the 
Boston  Female  Asylum,  49,  51,  67,  70, 
262;  his  Sermon  after  the  death  of  Mr. 
Charles  Austin,  84,  269;  his  Selection 
of  psalms  and  hymns,  156,  282;  re- 
signed, 215;  corresponding  member, 
220,  302;  biographical  note,  298;  con- 
tributor, 317-326 

Emmons,  Rev.  Nathaniel,  his  Discourse 
at  a  meeting  of  singers,  94,  270 

Endicott.    See  ElUcott 

Erasmus,  231 

Espriella,  Manuel  Alvarez,  pseud.,  127, 
134,  277 

Essay  on  the  cUmate  of  the  United  States, 
228,  233,  291 

Essay  on  the  estabUshment  of  a  chancery 
jurisdiction  in  Massachusetts,  235,  292 

Etheridge  and  Bliss,  137,  160 

Evans,  Charles,  261 

Everett,  Alexander  Hill,  12,  35,  144,  145, 

»  147,  150,  152,  153,  156-160,  165,  167, 
170,  171,  173,  176,  177,  183,  i84,_  186, 
187,  190-192,  194,  197,  98;  admitted, 
151;  superintending  committee,  166, 
298;  biographical  note,  300;  contribu- 
tor, 323-326,  328 

David,  his  Essay  on  the  affair  of  the 

Chesapeake,  by  an  American,  127,  277 

Ewell,  Thomas,  his  Plain  discourses,  92, 
106,  112,  270 


Faithful  picture  of  the  political  situation 
of  New  Orleans,  159,  282 

Fanning,  Nathaniel,  his  Memoirs,  165, 
173,  283 

Farrand,  William,  his  Course  of  Latin 
studies,  49,  262 

Malloryfe*  Co.,  their  "premium  edi- 
tions," 182 

Farrar,  John,  217,  219,  303 


Felt,  Joseph  Barlow,  his  Memorials  of 

W.  S.  Shaw,  221 
Female  enthusiast,  125,  277 
F6nelon,  161 
Ferguson,   Adam,    his    History    of    the 

Roman  Republic,    58,  264;    his  Essay 

on   the   history    of   civil   society,    189, 

287 

James,  his  Lectures  on  mechanicks, 

III,  273 

Fessenden,  Rev.  Thomas,  his  Theoretick 
explanation  of  sanctity,  6g,  265;  his 
The  Boston  self-styled  gentlemen  re- 
viewers reviewed,  69,  265 

Thomas  Green,  his  Democracy  un- 
veiled, 54,  61,  81,  83,  264;  his  Original 
poems,  78,  80,  267;  his  Terrible  trac- 
toration,  83,  90,  268;  his  Essay  on  the 
law  of  patents,  249,  293 

Field,  Rev.  Joseph,  his  Strictures  on 
seven  sermons,  95,  103,  271 

Robert,  75,  78,  80-83,  87,  88,  93, 

97-99,  105,  107,  no.  III,  113,  114,  116, 
117,  125,  136;  admitted,  78;  biographi- 
cal note,  299;  contributor,  320-323 

Firmianus  Symposius,  Caelius,  his  ^Enig- 

mata,  119,  275 
First  Church  collection  of  sacred  music, 

95,  99,  270 
Fleetwood,  Bishop  William,  252 
Flint,  Rev.  James,  212,  218;    his  Chris- 
tian ministry,  two  sermons,  125,  276; 

contributor,  326 
Forbes,    Sir    William,    his    account    of 

James  Beattie,  113,  274 
Foster,  Rev.  Edmond,  94 
Fox,  Charles  James,  105,  113,  190,  191, 

272,  283;    his  history  of  the  reign  of 

James  the  Second,  163,  283 
Franklin,  Benjamin,  15S,  203,  252,  278 
Eraser,  Charles,  his  Oration  in  Charleston, 

July  4,  1808,  149,  281 
Frederick  the  Great,  100,  106,  271 
Freeman,  Rev.  James,  58,  67,  68,  84,  94, 

104,  205,  215,  216;    contributor,  319, 

320,  326 

William,   his  Oration  at  Portland, 

July  4,  1808,  149,  281;  contributor, 
317 

French   Rev.  Jonathan,  his  Discourse  in 

Portsmouth,  69,  265 
Freneau,  Philip,  his  Poems,  237,  239,  292 
Frisbie,  Levi,  185,  191,  197,  201,  202,  211, 
213,  216,  225,  228,  229,  234,  250,  253; 
corresponding  member,  212;  biographi- 
cal note,  302;   contributor,  325-328 


Gadsden,  Christopher,  52,  263 

Gall,  Franz  Joseph,  225 

Gardiner,  Rev.  John  Sylvester  John,  10, 
35,  38,  42-44-  46-48,  51,  55,  57,  61,  62, 
66-77,  79i  82-84,  87,  88,  90,  gg-ioi, 
103,  108,  no,  113,  114,  116-118,  120, 


33^ 


INDEX 


121,  123-127,  132,  134,  135,  I3S,  139, 
146-155,     157-160,     162,     163,     165-169, 

171.  I73i  175-178,  iSo,  181,  184-188, 
190-192,  196,  199,  200,  207,  212-228, 
230,  231,  233,  234,  239,  241;  his  re- 
buke to  a  young  man,  quoted,  19;  presi- 
dent, 36,  91,  157,  204,  240;  gift  of 
books,  41;  resigned,  244;  his  Sermon  in 
Trinity  Church  on  the  divinity  of  Jesus 
Christ,  250,  293;  biographical  note, 
298;  contributor,  317-326 

Gardiner,  Robert  Hallowell,  35,  48,  49,  53, 
54.  57.  58,  64,  66,  69,  70,  72,  75-79, 
81,  82,  90,  91,  104,  105,  107-110,  112, 
115,  116,  118,  122,  123,  126,  127,  131, 
132.  135.  137.  150,  171.  177-179..  200, 
204,  220-222,  230-232,  241;  admitted, 
53;  biographical  note,  299;  contribu- 
tor, 320-327 

Gardner,  Nathaniel,  115 

Gass,  Patrick,  his  Journal,  186,  188,  287 

General  account  of  ivliranda's  expedition, 
153.  159.  282 

George  II.,  195 

George  III.,  195 

Gibbon,  Edward,  his  History,  58,  264 

Gilbert  and  Dean,  their  letter,  57 

Gihnan,  Rev.  Samuel,  228;  contributor, 
327 

Giordano,  Luca,  228 

Godwin,  William,  his  Fleetwood,  52,  70, 
263 

GofEe,  William,  204 

Gordon,  Rev.  James  Bentley,  his  History 
of  the  Civil  war  in  Ireland,  80,  268 

Gore,  Christopher,  198 

Gorham,  John,  78,  92,  96,  98,  loi,  102, 
105,  106,  108,  no,  112-114,  117,  118, 
127,  134.  14s,  159,  160,  164,  173-175, 
178,  180,  182,  185,  1S7,  192,  202,  203, 
234,  240;  admitted,  100;  resigned, 
203;  biographical  note,  300;  contribu- 
tor, 321-328 

Grahame,  Rev.  James,  his  The  Sabbath, 
70,  77,  266 

Grant,  Mrs.  Anne,  213;  her  Letters  from 
the  mountains,  185,  286 

Charles,  his  Poem,  113,  116,  274 

Gray,  Thomas,  poet,  138,  148,  152,  159, 
165,  168,  225 

Rev.  Thomas,  35,  44,  49,  51,  55,  67, 

68,  71,  74,  134,  193.  195;  biographical 
note,  299;  contributor,  318,  320,  323, 
326 

Green,  John,  his  New  general  collection 
of  voyages  and  travels,  148,  280 

Greene, ,  52  _ 

Gregoire,  Bishop  Henri,  206,  289;  his 
Observations  critiques  sur  le  poeme  de 
Joel  Barlow,  "The  Columbiad,"  195, 
288 

Gregory,  O.,  his  translation  of  Haiiy's 
Natural  philosophy,  284 

Griesbach,  John  Jacob,  134,  258,  278,  287, 

200 

Grif&n,  Rev.  Edward  Dorr,  his  Sermon  at 


the  dedication  of  the  church  in  Park 

Street,  Boston,  222,  224,  291 
Griffith,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  her  translation 

of  Ninon  de  L'Enclos'  Memoirs,  273 
Grimk6,  Thomas  Smith,  his  Oration  on 

the    character    of    the    accomplished 

orator,  186,  190,  287 
Grimston,  Sir  Harbottle,  201 
Grotius,  Hugo,  his  De  veritate  religionis 

Christianae,  217,  290 
Guerdano.    See  Giordano 


H 

Hall,  Frederick,  150,  202 

Hamilton,  Alexander,  Jay,  John,  and 
Madison,  James,  their  FederaUst,  53, 
264 

Hamilton,  William,  his  Report  of  the  trial 
of  the  Chief  Justice  and  Assistant 
Justices  of  Pennsylvania,  53,  263 

Hanson,  Alexander  Contee,  his  Accurate 
report  of  the  argimient  against  Baptis 
Irvine,  149,  280 

Hardie,  James,  his  Account  of  the  malig- 
nant fever  in  New  York,  53,  72,  264 

Harris,  Samuel,  215,  217,  223;  contribu- 
tor, 327 

Rev.  Thaddeus  Mason,  35,  50,  179, 

199,211,252;  his  Journal  of  a  tour,  40, 
261;  contributor,  318,  323,  325,  326, 
328 

Hart, ,  223;  contributor,  327 

Hartley,  David,  154 

Harvard  College,  74,  118,  157,  228;  its 
Pietas  et  gratulatio,  144,  161,  192,  195, 
196,  279 

Hassall,  Miss ,  her  Secret  history;  or 

Horrours  of  St.  Domingo,  147,  148,  280 

Hastings, ,  104 

Warren,  194 

Etheridge,  and  Bliss,  164,  184,  202, 

204 

Hatch,  Mrs.  Susanna,  127 

Ha'uy,  Rene  Just,  his  Elementary  treatise 
on  natural  philosophy,  175,  284 

Haven,    Nathaniel    Appleton,    161,    202, 

228,  235-237,  242,  256;  corresponding 
member,  209;  biographical  note,  301; 
contributor,  324,  327,  328 

Head,   Joseph,    182,    218,    223-226,   228, 

229,  231,  233  238,  240-242;  admitted, 
226;  resigned,  244;  biographical  note, 
300;  contributor,  320,  321,  325,  327, 
328 

Hennet,  Albert  Joseph  Ulpien,  207 
Hitchcock,  David,  his  Shade  of  Plato,  71, 

266 
Hobart,  Rev.  John  Henry,  142 
Hodgson,  Moses,  his  Oration  at  Dover, 

N.  H.,  July  4,  1808,  149,  281 
HoUey,  Rev.  Horace,  195,  196,  206,  288 
Holmes,  Rev.  Abiel,   276;    his  American 

annals,  40,  55,  58,  69,  82,  98,  261;   his 

Sermon  at  the  ordination  of  the  Rev. 

W.  Bascom,  50,  262;  his  Discourse  at 


INDEX 


337 


'  Plymouth,  22d  of  December,  1806,  icw, 
272;  his  Sermon  preached  at  Cambridge, 
April  6,  1809,  188,  287 

Hopkins,  Rev.  Samuel,  his  Sketches  of 
his  life,  61,  264 

Hopkinson,  Francis,  his  Miscellaneous 
essays,  133,  154,  278 

Horace,  19,  90,  185,  191,  197,  198,  213, 
216,  218,  223,  229,  233,  239,  253;  his 
Carmina  expurgata,  99,  271;  his 
Lyrick  works,  181,  286 

Hort,  William  Jillard,  his  New  Pantheon, 
184,  286 

Hosack,  David,  220;  his  Hortus  Elginen- 
sis,  251,  255,  293;  his  Statement  of 
facts  relative  to  the  Elgin  Botanick 
Garden,  251,  255,  293 

Howard,  John  Clarke,  44-46 

Rev.  Simeon,  68 

Howe,  Mark  Antony  De  Wolfe,  his  arti- 
cle on  The  Anthology  Society  and  its 
Minutes,  3-25 

Hubbard,  John,  257,  293;  his  Rudiments 
of  geography,  127,  277;  his  Essay  on 
musick,  155,  282 

Hume,  David,  156 

Humphreys,  David,  57;  contributor,  318 

Huss,  John,  197 


Ingersoll,  Charles  Jared,  his  Inchiquin, 
the  Jesuit's  letters,  250,  293 

Inquiry  into  the  character  of  coal  dis- 
covered at  Rhode  Island,  164,  174,  283 

Intelligence  department,  183,  220,  224, 
249 

loor,  William,  his  Battle  of  Eutaw 
Springs,  107,  108,  273 

Irvine,  Baptis,  149,  280 

Irving,  Washington,  his  History  of  New 
York,  219,  223,  290 

Washington,  and  William,  their  Sal- 
magundi, 143,  279 

William,  279 


Jackson,  James,  12,  35,  42,  44-46,  48,  52, 
S3,  55,  67,  72.  74,  82,  92,  96,  133;  his 
Remarks  on  the  Brunonian  system,  207, 
290;  biographical  note,  299;  contribu- 
tor, 318-320 

John,  Reflections  on  the  commerce 

of  the  Mediterranean,  116,  274 

James  II.,  283 

Jansenykes,    Rev.    Williamsen,     pseud., 

his  Memoir  of  the  northern  kingdom, 

165,  166,  283 
Jarvis,  Rev.  Samuel  Farmer,  his  Want  of 

patronage,  108,  109,  273 
Jay,  John,  264 

Peter  Augustus,  his  Oration  before 

the   Washington   Benevolent  Society, 
227,  291 

Jefferson,  Thomas,  152 


Jenks,  Rev.  William,  210;  his  eulogy  of 
Rev.  Joseph  McKeen,  119,  275 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel,  51,  196,  207,  223, 
263,  277 

President  Samuel,  53,  263 

William,  his  Reports  of  cases  in  New 

York,  93,  104,  270,  272;  his  translation 
of  Azuni's  Maritime  law,  271 

Jones,  Calvin,  contributor,  320 

;  Sir  William,  40 

Jortin,  John,  253 

Journeymen  Boot  and  Shoemakers  of 
Philadelphia,  their  Trial,  87,  98,  269 

Juvenal,  his  Third  satire,  93,  97,  270 

Juventius,  Josephus,  271 


Kendall,  Edward  A.,  120 

Kent,  James,  127,  210;  corresponding 
member,  212;    biographical  note,  302 

Kett,  Henry,  his  Elements  of  general 
knowledge,  65,  70,  265 

Keysler,  Johann  Georg,  his  Travels  in 
Germany,  84 

Kingsley,  James  Luce,  210,  227;  corre- 
sponding member,  212;  biographical 
note,  302;    contributor,  327 

Kirkland,  Rev.  John  Thornton,  11,  35, 
89-92,  94-97,  99-101,  103,  104,  107- 
III,  114,  116,  120,  123-128,  131,  134, 
135,  141,  14s,  148,  149,  157,  162,  163, 
165,  167,  170-173,  177,  181,  183,  185, 
187-189,  192,  193,  ig6,  199-201,  203, 
205-212,  214-216,  218-230,  232-242, 
244-246,  249,  250,  253-255;  his  annual 
address,  January,  1807,  quoted,  17; 
admitted,  92;  vice-president,  216,  297; 
president,  248,  297;  biographical  note, 
300;    contributor,  321-323,  325-328 

Rev.  Samuel,  his  Indian  speech,  222 

Knapp,  John,  contributor,  317-319,  321 

Knickerbocker,  Diedrick,  pseud.,  219, 
220,  223,  290 

Knight,  Ann  Cuthbert,  her  Home,  87, 
269 

Henry    Cogswell,    186,    189,    191; 

contributor,  325-327 

Knox,  Vicesimus,  his  Lucubrations;  or 
Winter  evenings,  66,  265 


La  Croix,  J.  Amelot  de,  his  Military  and 
political  hints,  139,  278 

Ladd,  Joseph  Brown,  43,  45,  194;  his 
Poems  of  Arouet,  194,  2S8 

Lambert,  B.,  his  translation  of  Villers' 
Essay  on  the  Reformation,  278 

Wilham,  his  Memorial,  292 

Lancaster,  Joseph,  his  Improvements  in 
education,  125,  177,  276,  285 

Langdon,  John,  11 1 

Lathrop,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  188,  287 

Rev.  John,  his  Discourse  at  the  in- 
terment of  the  Rev.  Samuel  West,  148, 


338 


INDEX 


280;  his  Sermon  on  the  day  of  publick 
thanksgiving,  December  i,  1808,  170, 
284;  his  Comforts  of  religion,  188,  287 

Lathrop,  Rev.  Joseph,  103;  his  Discourse 
at  Springfield,  66,  265;  his  Infirmities 
and  comforts  of  old  age,  67,  265;  his 
Two  sermons  on  suicide,  69,  265;  his  Re- 
flections on  Saul's  consulting  the  witch 
of  Endor,  69,  77,  265;  his  Sermon  on 
the  eclipse,  84,  269;  his  Sermons  on 
various  subjects,  94,  126,  270;  his 
Signs  of  perilous  times,  a  sermon  de- 
livered at  the  Public  Fast,  147,  152, 
280;  his  Christ's  warning  to  the 
churches,  to  beware  of  false  prophets, 
250,  293 

Laura;  a  tale,  193,  288 

Laveytur,  Caspar  Gall,  pseud. (?),  his 
Brief  sketch  of  unguiology,  90,  270 

Lawes,  Edward,  his  Elementary  treatise 
on  pleading,  138,  139,  278 

Lee,  Mrs.  Eliza  Buckminster,  15 

L'Enclos,  Anne,  called  Ninon  de,  her 
Memoirs,  iii,  117,  118,  125,  273 

Ninon  de,  iii,  117,  118,  125,  273 

Leo  X.,  83,  269 

Lewis,  Meriwether,  287 

Lincoln,  Benjamin,  100,  112,  116,  119, 
152,  169,  179,  229;  death,  229;  con- 
tributor, 321,  322,  324,  325 

Ensign,  4 

Rev.  Perez,  38,  261 

Linn,  Rev.  John  Blair,  his  Powers  of  gen- 
ius, 38,  261;  his  Valerian,  67,  77,  113, 
114,  265 

List  of  books  mentioned  in  the  Journal, 
2SQ-293 

Littleton.     See  Lyttleton 

Livingston,  Robert  R.,  his  Essay  on  sheep, 
20S,  210,  214,  290 

Livy,  231 

Lloyd,  Thomas,  his  Trial  of  the  Journey- 
men Boot  and  Shoemakers  of  Phila- 
delphia, 87, 98,  269;  his  Trial  of  Thomas 
O.  Selfridge,  102,  272 

Logan,  James,  his  translation  of  Cicero's 
Cato  major,  132,  146,  148,  277,  278 

Love;  a  poem,  103,  272 

Lowell,   Amia  Cabot,   213;    contributor, 

32s 

Rev.  Charles,  58,  264 

John,  12,  97,  105,  120,  126,  139,  162, 

166-16S,  174,  i8s,  202,  220,  222;  cor- 
responding member,  211;  biographical 
note,  302;   contributor,  319,  321-326 

Luther,  Martin,  135,  278 

Luzac,  John,  207 

Lyttleton,  Thomas,  his  Letters,  125,  126, 
276 

Lycurgus,  152 

M 

Maccarthy,  Joseph  Henri  Auguste  de,  his 

Ode  aux  souverains,  58,  264 
M'Clure,  Rev.  David,  and  Parish,  Rev. 


Elijah,  their  Memoirs  of  the  Rev. 
Eleazar  Wheelock,  255,  293 

M'Farland,  Asa,  his  Historical  view  of 
heresies,  94,  120,  126,  185,  189,  196,  270 

Mackay,  Samuel,  his  translation  of  La 
CroLx's  MiUtary  hints,  278;  his  trans- 
lation of  Peuchet's  Campaigns,  286 

McKean,  Rev.  Joseph,  99-103,  no,  112, 
113,  115,  116,  124,  127,  131,  134-136, 

144,  14s,  148,  149,  152,  162,  163,  167, 
168,  170,  180,  203,  206,  211;  admitted, 
10 1 ;  resigned,  193;  biographical  note, 
300;  contributor,  322,  323 

McKeen,  Rev.  Joseph,  his  Inaugural  ad- 
dress, 119,  275 

Macknight,  Rev.  James,  his  New  literal 
translation  of  all  the  apostolical 
epistles,  248,  293 

Madison,  James,  264 

Mair,  John,  his  edition  of  Csesar,  82,  268 

Mann,  C.  M.,  230,  233 

Marcet,  Mrs.  Jane  Haldimand,  her  Con- 
versations on  chymistry,  178,  187,  285 

Marmontel,  Jean  Frangois,  his  Memoirs, 
III,  112,  273 

Marshall,  John,  his  Life  of  Washington, 
39,  40,  93,  120,  121,  146,  147,  151,  261 

Marvell,  Andrew,  159,  161,  212 

Mason,  George,  his  Supplement  to  John- 
son's Dictionary,  51,  61,  263 

Masonick  and  social  address,  119,  275 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  owns 
manuscript  records  of  the  Anthology 
Society,  3;  its  Collections,  45,  77,  87, 
103,  112,  113,  115,  206,  262,  272 

Massachiisetts  Magazine,  8 

Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  its  Medi- 
cal papers,  102,  272;  its  Acts  of  incor- 
poration, 113,  272;  its  Pharmacopoeia, 
134.  278 

Massachusetts  Society  for  Promoting 
Agriculture,  its  Papers,  82, 116, 119,  268; 
its  Georgick  papers  for  1809,  191,  195, 
268,  287 

Massillon,  Bishop  Jean  aptiste,  his 
Charges  to  his  clergy,  82,  268 

Mather,  Rev.  Cotton,  his  Pietas  in  pa- 
triam;    the  life  of  Sir  William  Phips, 

145.  279 

Matthews,  Albert,  his  Collation  of  the 
Anthology,  305-313 

Maturin,  Charles  Robert,  his  Wild  Irish 
boy,  160,  2S3 

Mead,  Dr. ,  contributor,  324 

Mease,  James,  his  Geological  account  of 
the  United  States,  115,  131,  274 

Menelaus,  187 

Merrick,  James,  211 

Merrill,  Benjamin,  89,  96,  115,  202; 
corresponding  member,  211;  biographi- 
cal note,  301;   contributor,  321 

Rev.  Daniel,  271 

Messinger,  Rev.  Rosewell,  his  Sentiments 
on  resignation,  119,  275 

Methodists  camp  meeting,  Pittsfield,  165, 


INDEX 


339 


Miller,  Rev.  Samuel,  i6o;  his  Letters 
concerning  the  constitution  and  order 
of  the  Christian  ministry  (Episcopal- 
Presbyterian  controversy),  123,  139, 
142,  276 

Milton,  John,  176,  i8o,  233,  240 

Mimnermus,  228 

IMinot,  George  Richards,  his  History  of 
the  insurrection  in  Massachusetts  in 
1786,  224,  291 

WiUiam,  251 

Miranda,  Don  Francisco  de,  153,  159, 
282 

Miscellany,  a  department  of  the  Anthol- 
ogy, 175,  189,  210 

Monis,  Judah,  his  Dickdook  Leshon 
Gnebreet;  grammar  of  the  Hebrew 
language,  145,  215,  279 

Monroe.     See  Munroe 

Montagu,  Basil,  his  Simimary  of  the  law 
of  set-off,  100,  104,  271 

Montgomery,  James,  his  Wanderer  of 
Switzerland,  107,  108,  273;  his  West 
Indies  and  other  poems,  243,  293 

Monthly  Anthology,  founded  by  D.  P. 
Adams,  4;  youth  of  the  editors,  11; 
their  esprit  de  corps,  14-16;  their  an- 
nual addresses,  17-18;  their  final  ad- 
dress, quoted,  21-25;  editor  elected, 
36;  printers,  36,  47,  50,  53,  79,  81,  83, 
122,  135-144,  154,  156,  160,  178,  184, 
202,  204,  206,  208, 217,  246, 247,  252, 253; 
editor  called  superintending  conrunittee, 
54;  superintending  committee  elected, 
76,  91,  123,  166;  plan  for  supplying  it, 
109,  no,  115,  116,  123,  124,  171-173; 
printed  in  one  column  on  a  page,  169; 
collation,  305-313;  contributors,  315- 
328 

Monthly  Magazine,  37,  82,  268 

Moore,  Bishop  Benjamin,  139 

Clement   Clarke,  his   Compendious 

lexicon  of  the  Hebrew  language,  217, 
223,  290 

Thomas,  113,  274;  his  Odes  of  Anac- 

reon,  42,  262;  his  Epistles,  odes,  and 
other  p>oems,  100,  272 

More,  Hannah,  her  Coelebs  in  search  of  a 
wife,  205,  210,  214,  219,  289 

See  also  Moore 

Moreau,  Jean  Victor,  65,  77,  267 
Morell,  Thomas,  his  edition  of  Amsworth's 

Dictionary,  283 
Morgan,   Lady   Sydney,  her  Wild  Irish 

girl,  117,  275 
Morse,  Rev.  Jedidiah,  45,  48,  52,  57;   his 

American  universal  geography,  39,  261; 

his  New  geography,  44,  262 

Rev.    Jedidiah,    and    Parish,    Rev. 

Ehjah,  their  Compendious  history  of 
New  England,  45,  262 

Morton,  Nathaniel,  his  New  England's 
memorial,  145,  279 

Mrs.  Sarah  Went  worth  (Apthorp), 

78,  03;  her  Beacon  Hill,  186,  286; 
contributor,  317,  320-322 


Morton,  Thomas,  his  New  English  Ca- 
naan, 232,  234,  291 

Moschus,  256 

Moseley,  Ebenezer,  his  Oration  at  New- 
buryport  July  4,  1808,  149,  281 

Munnis.     See  Monis 

Munroe  6*  Francis,  4,  38,  48,  50,  65,  122, 
135.  137,  140-142 

Murray,  Lindley,  his  English  grammar, 
237,  292 


N 

Napoleon,  112,  180,  221 

Neal,  Daniel,  his  History  of  New  England, 
213,  218,  219,  290 

Neef,  Joseph,  his  Sketch  of  a  plan  of  edu- 
cation, 204,  289 

Nelson,  Horatio,  97,  98,  271 

New  England  Repertory,  58 

New  grammar  of  the  French  tongue,  52, 
89,  263 

Nrui  York  Medical  Repository,  127,  184, 
277,  286 

Newcome,  Archbishop  WiUiam,  287,  292 

Nichols, ,  202 

Wilham,   Jr.,   his  Oration,   July   4, 

1808,  at  West  Cambridge,  149,  281 

North  _  American  Renew,  founded  by 
William  Tudor,  Jr.,  21 

Norton,  Andrews,  39,  71,  81,  90,  92,  97, 
100,  132,  133,  143-145,  154,  15s,  161, 
186,  197,  198,  202,  219,  223,  231,  236, 
239,  242,  243,  248,  303;  corresponding 
member,  211,  303;  proposed  for  editor, 
24s,  246;  biographical  note,  301;  con- 
tributor,  319-322,   324,  326-328 

— ;—  Sir  Fletcher  (the  H.  in  the  Journal 
is  an  error),  203 

Rev.  Jacob,  his  Sermon  illustrating 

the  will  of  God,  178,  193,  285,  288 

Notices,  a  department  of  the  Anthology, 
65,  66,  70 

Nott,  Rev.  Eliphalet,  his  Sermon  before 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  87,  103,  269;  his  Ad- 
dress to  the  candidates  for  the  Bacca- 
laureate in  Union  College,  88,  103,  120, 
269;   his  Miscellaneous  works,  234,  291 

Noy,  William,  197 


O 

Olds,  Rev.  Gamaliel  S.,  his  Inaugural  ora- 
tion, 99,  100,  271 

Oldschool,  Oliver,  Esq.,  pseud.,  13,  14, 
286 

Orton,  Rev.  Job,  his  Exposition  of  the 
Old  Testament,  71,  266 

Osgood,  Rev.  David,  his  Discourse  de- 
livered May  31,  1S09,  192,  287 

Ossian,  272 

Otis,  James,  his  Rudiments  of  Latin 
prosody,  125,  134,  277 


340 


INDEX 


Odd,  253;  his  Metamorphoses,  82,  268 
Owen,  Rev.  John,  his  Fashionable  world 
displayed,  83,  268 


Paine,  Robert  Treat,  Jr.,  his  National 
ode,  177,  28s,  286 

Thomas,  220,  290 

Paley,  Rev.  William,  his  Moral  philoso- 
phy, 71,  266;  his  Caution  recom- 
mended in  the  use  of  scripture  language, 
igg,  2S8 

Panoplist,  79,  181,  258,  267,  293 

Parish,  Rev.  Elijah,  45,  52,  255,  262,  293; 
his  Sermon  at  the  ordination  of  Rev. 
Nathan  Waldo,  84,  269;  his  Compen- 
dious system  of  geography,  127,  135, 
150,  277;  his  Eulogy  on  John  Hubbard, 
2S7,  293 

Park,  John,  58 

Parke,  John,  his  translation  of  Horace, 
286 

Parker,  Isaac,  138,  149,  167,  202,  235; 
corresponding  member,  211;  biographi- 
cal note,  302;  contributor,  323 

Bishop  Samuel,  47,  49 

Mrs.  Samuel,  47,  49 

Parkman,  Rev.  Francis,  162,  170,  180, 
188;   contributor,  324,  325 

Parr,  Samuel,  10 

Parsons,  Theophilus,  62-64,  68,  78,  84, 
211;  contributor,  320 

Paterculus,  191 

Patten,  Rev.  William,  his  Advantages  of 
-association,  42,  262;  his  Sermon,  in, 
1X2,  273 

Patterson,  Robert,  273 

Pearson,  Rev.  Ehphalet,  282;  his  Sketch 
of  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  168, 
282,  284 

Petrce.     See  Pierce. 

Pelham,  Wilham,  163,  165,  174;  his  Sys- 
tem of  notation,  150,  281;  contributor, 
324.  325 

Pennington,  Rev.  Montagu,  his  Memoirs 
of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Carter,  235,  292 

Percy,  Rev.  William,  his  Apology  for  the 
Episcopal  Church,  127,  277 

Perkins,  Benjamin  Douglass,  221,  224; 
contributor,  326,  327 

Perkins,  James,  contributor,  322 

Per-Se,  Sylvanus,  pseud.,  4 

Peters,  Rev.  Hugh,  134,  192,  278 

Richard,  his   Admiralty    decisions, 

125,  276 

Rev.  Samuel  Andrew,  his  History  of 

the  Rev.  Hugh  Peters,  134,  192,  278; 
his  General  history  of  Connecticut,  227, 
291 

Peuchet,  Jacques,  his  Campaigns  of  the 
armies  of  France  imder  the  Emperour, 
180,  286 

Philadelphia  Medical  Museum,  98,  271 

Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Agri- 
culture, its  Memoirs,  154,  177,  282 


Philenia,  a  lady  of  Boston,  pseud.,  78 

Philip  IV.,  187 

Phillips,  Sir  Richard,  82 

Phips,  Sir  William,  71,  145,  279 

Phocion,  pseud.,  89,  269 

Pickering,  John,  42,  78,  84,  93,  94,  119. 
120,  164,  167,  189,  202;  corresponding 
member,  209;  biographical  note,  301; 
contributor,  320,  321,  323-325 

Picture  of  New  York,  117,  275 

Pierce,  J.  B.,  his  Oration  before  the  New- 
port Hycarpedian  Society,  4th  of  July, 
1808,  165,  173,  283 

Rev.  John,  104,  106;    contributor, 

317 

Pitt,  William,  190;  Annals  of  his  life,  105, 
272 

Pizarro,  Gonzalo,  103,  138 

Plato,  71,  266 

Pollard,  Benjamin,  116;  contributor,  318, 
319,  322,  328 

Pons,  Francois  Raimond  Joseph  de,  his 
Voyage  to  South  America,  113,  119, 120, 
274 

Pope,  Mrs.  Mary,  123,  126,  127 

Popkjn,  Rev.  John  SneUing,  202;  his  Two 
sermons,  99,  119,  271 

Port  Folio,  65,  183,  187,  286;  its  welcome 
to  the  Anthology,  quoted,  13-14 

Porter,  Rev.  Ehphalet,  his  Sermon  at  the 
ordination  of  Rev.  Charles  Lowell,  58, 
67,  264;  his  SimpUcity  that  is  in 
Christ,  237,  240,  292 

Potter,  Abigail,  273 

Powell,  John  Joseph,  his  Essay  upon  de- 
vises, 118,  275 

Priestley,  Joseph,  his  Discourses,  77,  267; 
his  Four  discourses,  77,  267;  his  Me- 
moirs, 87,  114,  116,  269 

Puffer,  Rev.  Reuben,  his  Discourse  on  re- 
vealed reUgion,  147,  149,  280 


Quincy,  Josiah,  3,  12,  145,  202,  212;  his 
Speech  in  Congress,  75,  266;  corre- 
sponding member,  211;  biographical 
note,  302;  contributor,  326,  327 


R 

R.    See  Allen,  Paul 

Raithby,  John,  his  Study  of  the  Law,  98, 

271 
Ramsay,    David,  125,   276;    his   Life   of 

Washington,  126,  128,  277;  his  History 

of  the  American  Revolution,  231,  291 
Rawle,  William,  70,  266 
Reed,  Rev.  John,  his  Apology  for  the  rite 

of  baptism,  87,  loi,  269;   his  Sermon 

before  the  convention,  117,  275 
Rees,  Abraham,  his  New  cyclopaedia,  78, 

80,  84,  93,  94,  108,  109,  III,  113,  114, 

120,  126,  164,  189,  267,  269 


INDEX 


341 


Regmer  Desmarais,  Abb6  Frangois  S6ra- 
phin,  17s 

Remarker,  a  department  of  the  Anthol- 
ogy, 20,  47,  SI.  57,  66,  69,  75,  77,  82,  84, 
88-92,  96,  97,  99,  102,  108-110,  112- 
114,  116,  123-126,  132,  134,  13s,  144, 

147,  ISO,  isi,  153,  158,  163,  166,  171, 
177,  iSo,  181,  183,  186,  188,  196,  200, 
210 

Report  of  the  committee  to  whom  was 
referred  the  memorial  of  William  Lam- 
bert, relating  to  a  first  meridian  for  the 
United  States,  239,  292 

Retrospective  review,  a  department  of 
the  Anthology,  125,  132,  134,  144,  146, 

148,  161,  162,  166,  178,  182,  183,  186, 
192,  200,  202,  213,  218,  230,  232,  234- 
236,  239,  242 

Retz,  Cardinal  de,  222 

Review  of  "Hints  on  evangelical  preach- 
ing, by  a  Barrister,"  153,  281 

Review  of  "The  New  Testament,"  236, 
292 

Rhode  Island,  General  Assembly,  Report 
of  the  committee  to  inquire  into  the 
situation  of  the  Farmers'  Exchange 
Bank,  192,  201,  288 

Richardson,  ames,  fiis  Oration  July  4, 
180S,  at  Dedham,  149,  281;  hjs  Ora- 
tion written  at  the  request  of  the  society 
of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  152,  153,  281;  on- 
tributor,  327 

Rev.  Joseph,  271 

Riley  and  Company,  sent  books  for  re- 
view, 48 

Ritchie,  Andrew,  Jr.,  133,  145,  303;  his 
Oration  July  4,  1808,  in  Boston,  149, 
281 

Roberts,  William,  his  Treatise  on  frauds, 
117,  214,  275 

Robertson,  David,  his  Reports  of  the 
trials  of  Col.  Aaron  Burr,  156,  282 

Robin,  Abbe  Claude  C,  his  Voyages  dans 
I'interieur  de  la  Louisiane,  166,  284 

Romeyn,  Rev.  John  Brodhead,  his  Two 
sermons  in  Albany,  176,  178,  179,  285 

Roscoe,  WiUiam,  his  Liie  of  Leo  X.,  83, 
269 

Ross,  James,  268 

Rousseau,  Jean  Jacques,  204 

Rush,  Benjamin,  his  Medical  inquiries, 
58,  264;  his  Inquiry  into  the  function 
of  the  spleen,  hver,  pancreas,  and  thy- 
roid gland,  82,  26S 


Sabin,  Joseph,  279 

Saint  fivremond.  Seigneur  de,  273 

Salem  collection  of  classical  sacred  music, 
64,  104,  109,  265 

Sallust,  his  Bellum  Catihnarium,  38,  148, 
194,  261,  280 

Sampson,  Zabdiel,  his  Oration  in  Ply- 
mouth, July  4,  1808,  149,  281 

Sanger,  David,  127,  131,  162 


Sans  Souci,  a  department  of  the  An- 
thology, 56 

Sanson,  Joseph,  his  Letters  from  Europe, 
53,  66,  77,  263 

Sargent,  Lucius  Manlius,  94,  104,  106, 
III,  112,  214;  his  translation  of  Virgil's 
Culex,  III,  112,  273;  his  edition  of 
Firmianus  Symposius'  ^nigmata,  119, 
275;    contributor,  321,  322,  327,  328 

Winthrop,  39,  43,  84,  89,  92,  96- 

100,  102,  103,  105-108,  110-113,  117, 
^33,  135;  admitted,  102;  death,  133; 
biographical  note,  300;  contributor, 
318-322 

Saul,  135,  169,  278 

Savage,  James,  12,  35,  76,  81,  83,  88,  90- 
93,  96-101,  103-110,  113-123,  126-128, 
131-160,  163-201,  203-252,  254,  255, 
257;  admitted,  80;  secretary,  100,  157, 
204,  240,  297;  superintending  com- 
mittee, 123,  298;  vice-president,  248, 
297;  biographical  note,  300;  con- 
tributor, 319-328 

Richard,  223;    his  Poetical  works, 

66,  72,  265 

Sawney,  nickname,  238 

Scollay,  William,  211,  243;  contributor, 
326-328 

Scott,  Rev.  Thomas,  his  Commentary  on 
the  Old  and  New  Testament,  71,  266 

Sir  Walter,  his  Lay  of  the  last  min- 
strel, 78,  267;  his  Ballads,  117,  274; 
his  Marmion,  156,  158,  282;  his  Lady 
of  the  lake,  237,  242,  292 

Seabury,  Bishop  Samuel,  283 

Search,  Edward,  pseud.,  219,  290 

Sedgwick,  Theodore,  contributor,  320 

Segur,  Joseph  Alexandre,  176 

Selfridge,  Thomas  O.,  his  Trial  for  killJBg 
Charles  Austin,  102,  272 

Sevigne,  Marquis  de,  273 

Sewall,  Jonathan  Mitchel,  his  Miscellane- 
ous poems,  loi,  io8,  272 

WiUiam  Bartlett,  loi,  108;  con- 
tributor, 321,  322 

Shakespeare,  William,  99,  124,  195,  232 

Shattuck,  George  Cheyne,  his  Three  dis- 
sertations, 159,  282 

Shaw,  WiUiam  Smith,  11,  15,  35,  37,  4i, 
44,  47,  49-56,  58,  63,  64-70,  73-84,  88- 
107,  no.  III,  113-118,  121,  122,  126, 
127,  132-134,  136-150,  152,  154-157, 
160-167,  169-174,  176-179,  182-185, 
187,  188,  191-194,  196,  197,  199,  200, 
203,  204,  206,  207,  209-217,  220-228, 
230,  232,  234,  23s,  237-241,  243-245, 
250,  252,  253,  255,  257;  treasurer,  36, 
91,  157,  204,  240,  297;  gift  of  books, 
41;  proposed  Anthology  Rcading- 
Room,  73;  superintending  committee, 
76,  91,  298;  biographical  note,  298; 
contributor,  318-322,  325 

Shepard,  Rev.  Samuel,  his  Serinon 
preached  on  the  anniversary  election. 
May  28,  1806,  77,  82,  267 

Sheridan,  Richard  Brinsley,  190 


342 


INDEX 


Sherlock,  Bishop  Thomas,  his  Trial  of  the 
witnesses  of  the  resurrection  of  Jesus, 
217,  290 

Sherman,  Rev.  John,  266;  his  One  God  in 
one  person  only,  40,  70,  261,  266 

Shippen,  Edward,  263 

Short  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
camp  meeting  of  Methodists,  165,  284 

Sidney,  Algernon,  pseud.,  176,  179,  285 

SiUiman,  Benjamin,  145,  202;  corre- 
sponding member,  212;  his  Journal  of 
travels  in  England,  Holland,  and  Scot- 
land, 222,  232,  291;  biographical  note, 
302 

Silva  or  Sylva,  a  department  of  the  An- 
thology, 20,  39,  51,  56,  80,  81,  89,  91, 
Q2,  97,  IDS,  log,  no,  112,  122-124,  126, 
128,  132,  134,  13s,  138,  139,  143-146, 
149-153.  156-157,  159-161,  i6s,  169, 
170,  176,  177,  179,  180,  183,  185-187, 
190,  191,  194-199,  201,  203,  204,  206, 
207,  210-213,  215,  218,  219,  221-225, 
227-233,  235-238,  240,  242,  243,  248- 
250,  252,  253,  256,  257 

Simons, ,  137 

Skinner,  Bishop  John,  his  Nature  and  ex- 
tent of  the  ApostoUcal  commission,  160, 
283 

Smith,  Elizabeth,  her  Fragments  in  prose 
and  verse,  229,  291 

Jeremiah,   61-63,   67,  68,   71,   202; 

corresponding  member,  209;  bio- 
graphical note,  301;    contributor,  320 

John,  his  Doctrine  of  Christianity,  as 

held  by  the  Quakers,  vindicated,  206, 
289 

Rev.  John,  199,  289 

Nathaniel  Ruggles,  his  Oration  at 

Roxbury,  July  4,  1808,  149,  281 

Rev.  Samuel  Stanhope,  his  Essay  on 

the  causes  of  the  variety  of  complexion, 
125,  277;  his  Discourse  on  baptism,  145, 
279;  his  Lectures  on  the  evidence  of  the 
christian  religion,  196,  231,  235,  288 

Judge  Thomas,  263 

Rev.  Thomas,  his  Sacred  mirror,  79, 

267 

William  Loughton,  his  The  numbers 

of  Phocion,  89,  269 

Smythe,  Percy  Clinton  Sidney,  Viscount 
Strangford,  his  translation  of  Camoens' 
Poems,  66,  72,  265 

SnelUng  and  Simons,  160,  178 

Snowden,  Richard,  his  History  of  North 
and  South  America,  53,  68,  263 

Solomon,  195 

Sotheby,  William,  his  Saul,  135,  169,  278; 
his  translation  of  Virgil's  Georgics, 
184,  286;  his  translation  of  Wieland's 
Oberon,  236,  292 

Southey,  Robert,  112;  his  Madoc,  72, 
266;  his  Letters  from  England,  127, 
134.  277 

Spain;  an  account  of  the  public  festival 
in  honour  of  Spanish  valotir,  181,  286 

Spencer.    See  Spenser 


Spenser,  Edmund,  252 

Stael-Holstein,  Anna  Louise  Germaine 
(Necker),  baronne  de,  her  Corinna, 
147,  152,  280 

Steele,  Sir  Richard,  213 

Stephen,  James,  his  War  in  disguise,  57, 
264 

Stickney,  John,  35,  88,  89,  133,  146,  147, 
149-156,  159,  163,  165,  166,  170,  171, 
174,  180,  184,  185,  189,  190,  192,  195, 
197,  201,  203,  207-209,  211,  212,  218, 
220,  224,  225,  229,  230,  233,  236-238, 
241,  242,  245,  246,  249,  250,  255;  ad- 
mitted, 145;  biographical  note,  300; 
contributor,  321,  323-328 

Stiles,  Rev.  Ezra,  his  History  of  three  of 
the  judges  of  King  Charles  the  First, 
174,  284 

Story,  Joseph,  147;   contributor,  322,  323 

Strangford,  Lord.    See  Smythe,  P.  C.  S. 

Strong,  Caleb,  267 

Sullivan,  Francis  Stoughton,  his  Lectures 
on  the  laws  of  England,  82,  84,  26S 

James,  his  History  of  land  titles,  61, 

62,  264 

John,  his  New  map  of  the  United 

States,  76,  77,  266 

Wilham,  138;  contributor,  319 

Swett,  Samuel,  his  Address  at  Salem,  82, 
83,  87,  268  _ 

Swift,  Zephaniah,  his  Digest  of  the  law  of 
evidence,  224,  291 

Sydney.     See  Sidney. 

Sylva.    See  Silva 

Symposius.    See  Firmianus  Symposius 


Talle3Tand-P^rigord,  Charles  Maurice  de, 
his  Memoir  concerning  the  commercial 
relations  of  the  United  States  with 
England,  176,  182,  285 

Tappan,  Rev.  David,  his  Lectures  on 
Jewish  antiquities,  120,  162,  275;  his 
Sermons,  120,  276 

Temple,  Samuel,  Arithmetical  primer, 
184,  286 

Tennent,  Rev.  Gilbert,  his  Sermon,  289 

Thacher,  James,  his  American  new  dis- 
pensatory, 234,  291 

Peter  OxenlDridge,  35-37,  40,  42-44, 

48,  52,  58,  61,  62,  64,  65,  67,  71,  75,  77, 
81,  82,  84,  87-89,  91,  93-104,  106,  107, 
109-112,  114,  117,  118,  122,  125,  138- 
143,  145-  156,  168,  171,  178,  185,  211, 
222;  corresponding  member,  216,  302; 
biographical  note,  299;  contributor,  317, 
318,  320-322 

Rev.  Samuel  Cooper,  35-38,  40,  42- 

45,  47-50,  52,  54,  55.  57,  62,  64,  66-71, 
74,  76,  77.  no,  119,  121-125,  132,  135, 
138,  139,  143-145,  147,  151,  153,  161, 
162,  165,  168,  170,  171,  173,  177,  178, 
180,  182,  185,  186,  188,  189,  191,  196, 
204,  206,  208-213,  216—218,  221,  222, 
225-231,  234,  236,  237,  240-242,  245, 


INDEX 


343 


246,  248,  251,  2SS,  256;  his  address 
prefixed  to  last  number  of  the  Anthol- 
ogy, 21-25,  256;  editor,  36,  297 
thanked  for  his  services  as  editor,  36 
superintending  committee,  54,  298 
biographical  note,  298;  contributor, 
318-320,  322-328 

Thacher,  Rev.  Thomas,  his  Discourse  at 
Milton,  127,  134,  277;  his  Biographical 
memoir  of  Rev.  Dr.  West,  148,  280; 
his  Sermon,  April  7,  1808,  the  day  ap- 
pointed for  a  day  of  humihation  and 
prayer,  148,  149,  280 

Thayer,  Rev.  Nathaniel,  his  Character  of 
St.  Paul,  a  sermon  at  the  ordination 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Willard,  134,  278 

Theocritus,  191,  195 

Theological  tracts,  No.  i,  180,  285 

Thiebault,  Dieudonne,  his  Original  anec- 
dotes of  Frederick  the  Great,  100,  106, 
271 

Thomas,  Isaiah,  his  History  of  printing  in 
America,  237,  242,  292 

Thompson,  James,  his  Complete  treatise 
on  the  mensuration  of  timber,  42,  262 

Samuel,    his    Universal    restoration 

vindicated,  193,  288 

See  also  Thomson 

Thomson,  Charles,  his  translation  of  the 
Bible,    166,    210,    213,    221,   226,    284, 

'    290 

Tibullus,  23s 

Ticknor,  George,  12,  35,  213,  214,  219, 
222,  227,  231,  233-236,  240,  242-244, 
246-257;  gave  manuscript  minutes  of 
Anthology  Society  to  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society,  3;  admitted,  231; 
secretary,  248,  297;  biographical  note, 
300;   contributor,  326-328 

Tocke,  John  Home,  187;  his  Diversions 
of  Purley,  102,  121,  123,  272 

Tour  through  part  of  Virginia  in  1808, 
187,  287 

Townsend,  Eliza,  227;  contributor,  326, 
327 

Tracy,  Thomas,  contributor,  318,  319 

Treadwell,  John  Dexter,  202;  corre- 
sponding member,  209;  biographical 
note,  301 

Tucker,  Abraham,  his  Light  of  nature  pur- 
sued, 219,  290 

Tuckerman,  Rev.  Joseph,  35,  44,  57,  71, 
loi,  114,  125;  biographical  note,  298; 
contributor,  318-322 

Tudor,  Frederic,  43,  299;  contributor, 
320 

• Henry  James,  180;  contributor,  325 

William,  Jr.,  11,  35,  40,  41,  48,  76, 

78-80,  82,  no,  146,  147,  148,  151-153, 
156-160,  162,  163,  165,  166,  168-171, 
175.  176,  180,  182-188,  190-195,  197- 
201,  204,  207-210,  213-215,  217-220, 
222-227,  231-233;  his  Miscellanies, 
quoted,  16;  founder  of  North  American 
Reviru),  21;  gift  of  books,  41;  his  Ora- 
tion, July  4th,   1809,   193,   288;    bio- 


graphical note,  299;   contributor,  320, 

321,  323-327 

Tully.     See  Cicero 

Turell,  Rev.  Ebenezer,  his  Life  and  char- 
acter of  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Colman, 
14s,  230,  279 

Tyler,  Royall,  his  Yankey  in  London,  209, 
220,  290;  his  Algerine  captive;  or  the 
hfe  and  adventures  of  Dr.  Updike  Un- 
derbill, 242,  293 

Tyng,  Dudley  Atkins,  his  Reports  of  cases 
in  Massachusetts,  n8,  143,  147,  178, 
275,  279,  28s 


U 

Underbill,  Dr.  Updike,  pseud.,  242,  293 
Underwood,  Michael,  his  Treatise  on  dis- 
eases of  children,  80,  267 
Unitarian  pieces  and  tracts,  135,  278 


Van  der  Kemp,  Francis  Adrian,  con- 
tributor, 328 

Vaughan,  Benjamin,  146,  202,  237;  con- 
tributor, 322,  323,  327 

Miss  S.,  contributor,  327 

Villers,  Charles  Franjois  Dominique,  his 
Essay  on  the  Reformation  by  Luther, 
.135.  278 

Virgil,  184,  191,  193;  his  Culex,  iii,  112, 
273;  his  Georgics,  184,  286 

Virginia  Convention,  its  Debates,  44,  262 

Volney,  Constantin  Francois  Chassebceuf, 
comte  de,  his  View  of  the  soil  and  cU- 
mate  of  the  United  States,  118, 150,  275 

Voltaire,  176 

W 

Wait,  Thomas  B.,  and  Co.,  206,  208,  217, 

246,  247,  252,  253 
Waldo,  Rev.  Nathan,  84,  269 
Walker,  John,   his   Critical  pronoimdng 

dictionary,  115,  274 
Wallcut,  Thomas,  contributor,  318,  319, 

324 
Walpole,  B.  C,  his  Life  of  Fox,  105,  113, 

272 
Robert,  his  Garland  of  flowers,  93, 

103,  104,  270 
Walsh,  Robert,  his  Letter  on  the  genius 

of  the  French  government,  220,  226, 

291 
Walter,  Arthur  Maynard,  11,  3S-38,  44. 

45,  47,  50-52,  61-68,  72-84,  88-93,  95. 

97-99,  loi,  103;   secretary,  36,  91,  297; 

death,    100;     biographical    note,    298; 

contributor,  31 8-3  2  2 

W.,  contributor,  324 

Ward,  Nathaniel,  his  Simple  cobbler  of 

Aggawam,  145,  183,  279 
Ware,  Rev.  Henry,  229;    his  Sermon  at 

Hingham,  38,  261 


344 


INDEX 


Warren,  Caroline  Matilda,  her  Gamesters, 
SI.  263 

John,  80 

John  Collins,  12,  35,  36,  44-46,  48, 

.  52,  53.  55.  58,  80,  82,  92,  gs,  96,  98, 
ic»,  133;  his  Cases  of  organick  dis- 
eases of  the  heart,  240,  292;  biographi- 
cal note,  299;   contributor,  318-320 

Mrs.  Mercy  (Otis),  her  History  of 

the  American  Revolution,  78,  132,  243, 
267 

Washington,  George,  39,  40,  93,  120,  121, 
126,  128,  146,  147,  151,  244,  261,  263, 
277,  291,  293 

Waterhouse,  Benjamin,  37,  39,  44;  con- 
tributor, 317-319,  322,  323 

Waterman,  Rev.  Jotham,  his  Two  better 
than  one,  113,  274 

Watson,  Miss  Lucy  L.,  105 

Watterston,  George,  his  Lawyer,  169,  284 

Watts,  Isaac,  207 

Weare.    See  Ware 

Webber,  George,  189 

Rev.  Samuel,  42,  57,  65;  contribu- 
tor, 320 

Webster,  Daniel,  12,  104,  131,  139,  202; 
his  Anniversary  address,  July  4,  1806, 
84,  269;  corresponding  member,  209; 
biographical  note,  301;  contributor, 
321-323 

Noah,  199,  200,  203,  210,  214,  216; 

his  Compendious  dictionary,  71,  81,  93, 
94,  120,  121,  193,  207,  266;  his  Philo- 
sophical and  practical  grammar,  117, 
145,  210,  27s;  his  Letter  to  Dr.  David 
Ramsay,  125,  131,  276 

Weems,  Rev.  Mason  Locke,  his  Life  of 
George  Washington,  244,  293 

Welles,  Benjamin,  35,  48,  49,  53-55,  62- 
64,  66,  68,  69,  72,  74-77,  88,  91,  97,  98, 
109,  no,  136,  171,  17s;  admitted,  52; 
biographical  note,  299;  contributor, 
320-322 

See  also  Wells 

Wells,  William,  35,  36,  38,  41,  44,  48,  49, 
53,  58,  67-69,  74,  75,  78,  80,  83,  87,  91, 
93,  95,  98,  100,  120,  122,  126,  171-173, 
187,  198,  203,  210,  220,  227,  231,  234, 
237,  242,  24s,  247,  252,  254,  255;  bi- 
ographical note,  299;  contributor,  318- 
320,  326 

See  also  Welles 

West,  Rev.  Samuel,  148,  280 

Rev.  Stephen,  264 

Wettenhall,  Rev.  Edward,  and  others, 
his  Compendious  system  of  Greek  gram- 
mar, 49,  262 

Wheelock,  Rev.  Eleazar,  255,  293 

Rev.  John,  his  Eulogium  on  Rev. 

John  Smith,  199,  288 

White,  Daniel  Appleton,  his  Address,  38, 
261 

John  Blake,  109;    his  Foscari,  80, 

88,  97,  268 


White,  William  Charles,  his  Compendium 
and  digest  of  the  laws  of  Massachusetts, 
178,  285 

Whitney,  Rev.  Peter,  his  Sermon  at  the 
ordination  of  Rev.  Perez  Lincoln,  38, 
261 

Whittington,     Rev.     ,     his  Travels 

through  Spain  and  Portugal,  160,  283 

Wieland,  Christoph  Martin,  his  Oberon, 
235,  236,  292 

Willard,  Rev.  Samuel,  278 

Sidney,  93,  97,  99-103,  110-112,  115, 

121,  123-126,  131,  132,  13s,  143-145, 
147,  151,  153,  159,  160,  164,  166,  169, 
170,  17s,  176,  180,  1S5,  187,  190,  191, 
193,  197,  198,  204,  209-213,  217,  219, 
220,  222,  225,  227,  229-232,  238,  242, 
243,  24s,  248-250,  253,  255;  admitted, 
loi;  biographical  note,  300;  contribu- 
tor, 318,  321-328 

Williams,  Ephraim,  his  Reports  of  cases 
in  Massachusetts,  40,  61,  68,  71,  261 

Francis,  43,  152;    contributor,  319, 

324 

J.,  contributor,  119 

Samuel,  his  Natiiral  and  civil  history 

of  Vermont,  178,  200,  220,  231,  232, 
285 

Wilson,  Alexander,  his  American  orni- 
thology, 206,  289 

Peter,  his  edition  of  Sallust,  194,  280 

Windship,  Charles  Williams,  contributor, 
318 

Winslow,  Edward,  ig6 

Wise,  Rev.  John,  his  Vindication  of  the 
government  of  the  New  England 
churches,  145,  279 

Woodbridge,  Benjamin,  208 

Woodward,  Augustus  B.,  his  Considera- 
tions on  the  executive  government  of 
the  United  States,  184,  185,  230,  286 

Worcester,  Samuel,  his  Letters  to  Rev. 
Thomas  Baldwin,  on  his  "Baptism  of 
believers  only,"  125,  276 

Wortman,  Tunis,  his  Treatise  concerning 
poUticai  inquiry,  89,  269 

Wreath  for  the  Rev.  Daniel  Dow,  82,  97, 
268 


Xenophon,  his  De  Cyri  institutione,  66, 
26s 


Y 


Yates,  Jasper,  263 


Zollikoffer,    Georg  Joachim,    his    Seven 
sermons  on  the  Reformation,  285 


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